Knowing your vehicle can become beneficial in emergencies. If you are ever in a situation where you want to repair something quickly or change a component, there is nothing more cost-effective than a ...

Aaron, a 27-year automotive technician and lifelong car enthusiast, attended Specs Howard School of Media Arts and learned the fundamentals of digital video and editing, shot composition and writing.

Modern internal combustion engines — including those that run on diesel fuel — require a lot of special parts and systems to prevent dumping excess emissions into the atmosphere. Not only are those ...

Two critical elements that need to be checked out at 100,000 miles are the EGR valve and the DPF. Hasten says to run a computerized flow test on the DPF filter tol show if the filter in the exhaust ...

Your engine’s manifold absolute pressure (MAP) sensor is your little buddy. Buried somewhere in the stream of your charged intake air (usually in the manifold), it employs a little ceramic or silicone ...

Most diesel engines in the U.S. use a combination of technologies to reduce emissions. Usually there will be a diesel particulate filter (DPF), selective catalytic reduction (SCR) with urea (DEF fluid ...

A mechanic who was doing a repair on a Dodge Ram found an unexpected problem that caused a whole new level of alarm for him. The video documenting the situation comes from Dave’s Auto Center ...

Cooled-EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) systems have been used since October 2002 by five major engine manufacturers (Cummins, Detroit Diesel, International, Mack and Volvo) to reduce emissions of smog ...

My son's 2019 Ford Focus 1.5 diesel shows an EGR restricted flow light every 8000 miles. We clear this by dismantling and clearing a metal mesh filter which gets completely blocked with soot. This is ...