We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While browsing auto repair and maintenance tools at your local parts store, you've likely come across compression testers like the Orion Motor ...

Diesel engines are different from gas engines in numerous ways, including their use of high compression ratios. Here's why ...

Ever since the first internal combustion engine hit top dead centre, engineers have been locked in an inexorable battle with compression ratios. Too low a compression ratio and the engine's efficiency ...

A fundamental difference between gasoline and diesel engines is that a gasoline engine uses spark ignition while a diesel engine uses compression ignition. Before we delve deeper, let's understand how ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I have been working on my own vehicles for almost 40 years and in that time have accumulated a sizable collection of tools. The bulk of them ...