Back in 1983, I inherited my grandfather's 1973 Buick Apollo, equipped with a low-mileage Buick 350 V8 engine. The car is mostly stored, but I start it up and exercise it every few years. The last ...

Any diesel engine can be a bit noisy; that’s just the way they work. But if a new noise has surfaced, then something has definitely changed under the bonnet. First thoughts would be a hydraulic lash ...

If all the passenger-side lifters on a traditional Pontiac V8 engine are clattering but the driver-side lifters are quiet, the block is likely missing a critical oil galley plug. Pontiac V8s have an ...

Q. This is my third Mercury Grand Marquis, a 2005 with 78,000 miles bought new. Last winter, after the car had been sitting over night, when I started it up in the morning the valve lifters were very ...

A $850 Hemi V8 teardown uncovers a miracle: a failed part that didn’t destroy the entire engine.

Blow-by is a normal part of engine operation, particularly turbocharged engines where the combustion chamber pressures can be extremely high, forcing gasses past the piston rings and into the ...

You can find the 6.4L, or 392, HEMI under the hoods of several models of cars, SUVs, and heavy-duty pickup trucks from Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Ram. The first Gen III 6.4L HEMI variant, introduced ...