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 ...
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 ...
Hello!<br><br>I've got a 1984 Toyota Van with a 2.0l fuel injected engine. A few weeks ago during my weekly drive (I only drive one day a week to combat higher fuel prices and the subsequent draining ...
Q. I have a new car with fuel injection, and I am using regular unleaded gasoline, which, according to the owner’s manual, is fine. How do I know if this gasoline will clog the fuel injectors? Should ...
High-impedance injectors, also called saturated fuel injectors, are sent a 11-1/2-amp current signal to open, and that current stays on until the injector closes. That low-amp current keeps the ...
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 ...