Q: Hello, Vette. I am a guy that likes to work on my own car and I just wanted to say thanks for all of the DIY articles that you publish. Well, let’s get to it. I have a 1997 C5 Corvette with very ...
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Bringing your car to a mechanic for simple automotive care routines has several benefits. It will prolong your car's life and help prevent ...
Fiddle around with cars long enough and you’ll realize two things: first, anything beyond the simplest repairs will probably require some kind of specialized tool, and second, those tools can be ...
It's safe to say that performance enthusiasts have embraced electronic fuel injection. That's not to say that carburetors can't do the job, but Detroit hasn't rolled a new car off the production ...
Q My '01 Impala with the 3800 engine has 122,000 miles. For the last two months, it has began to surge rhythmically at about one-second intervals when accelerating from a stop sign or to maintain ...
Q: We have a problem with our 2.2 L automatic Pontiac Sunfire stalling at random. The most recent time it happened, I drove on the highway for 30 minutes, then was driving at 15 to 20 mph when it just ...
Imagine for a minute that the amazing, over-caffeinated meatbag you call your body actually isn't so amazing. That every energy-expending action you make—from the tiniest facial expression to a ...
Sidd started as a freelance writer for TopSpeed back in 2017 and took up a full-time position a year later. 2,100+ articles later, he got into the editorial side of things and is now the sitewide ...
Q. I found the response to G.R. of Woodridge (Transportation, Oct. 6) interesting. “Even dirty fuel injectors won’t trigger the check-engine light.” And the response to R.N. of Mokena (Transportation, ...
It’s rare that we get to see the inner workings of a high-revving engine as it reaches full tick. Most internal combustion motors in regular production cars don’t dare rev past 8,000 RPM, with many ...
This month we will be concentrating on diagnosing a clogged fuel injector using data from a can tool. Diagnosing a clogged injector is not always easy because the symptoms act similar to low ...