Did you know that oil is the lifeblood on which all internal combustion engines must operate? It is even more important then gas and water because it has the potential to cause the most damage in the shortest time if its quality or quantity is compromised. In just a few simple steps I will teach you...

How to Change Your OilFrequent oil changes are the best preventative maintenance the home mechanic can give the engine, because old oil becomes contaminated and or burnt, which leads to premature engine wear. Performing simple maintenance such as changing the oil can save hundreds of dollars over t...

Taking care of an automobile is very simple. Filling a car up with gasoline and changing the oil are the basics for maintaining a car\'s engine. Changing gasoline is easy. The car\'s gasoline tank gets low and all it requires is a one-step fill up at the gas station. The process of an oil change is ...

How to change the oil in your car. So you need your oil changed, but you don't want to spend the time and money at a garage to have it done. Then here is way you can do it yourself with a few common household tools, a half hour, and about $10 for the filter and oil. It isn't hard and...

Oil Junkies Watch the Dragon Burn Trends of an Addict The distressing fashion over the past quarter century's economic oil dependence from Middle Eastern and other oil producing countries should be so apparent that Ray Charles could see it. Our ever-increasing costs and demands of mi...

Imagine the world 50 years from now; picture the scenario of dark skies, gloomy clouds everything around you either is dying or has died. This exactly will take place if nobody takes action against the " potentially earth shattering problems". This horrible scenario would be the result of mankind's ...

PROFIT OR ENVIRONMENT? The petroleum industry is no different than any other business. It exist to make money and will pursue any means to profit. Americans and other people of the world don't realize how much of an impact the petroleum industry has on the world economy. Most of us don't ...

My Space While stationed on board the USS Underwood FFG 36. I was assigned to work in Auxiliary Machinery Room number one. This space was the smallest engine room on the ship it contained several vital pieces of equipment to the ships operation. This space was located two decks below the main dec...

The Fuel Emissions Reduction Act Pollution in the United States is getting worse and worse by the day. Poor air quality is a serious issue and health risk in cities throughout the country. The main source of the pollution problem is our transportation. Cars produce roughly one half of the pollut...

Here in My Car If somebody would have told me ten years ago that I would like to work on and restore old cars I would have laughed at them. That all changed shortly after I bought my first car, a vintage mustang. Somewhere during the six hour ride home I decided that I wanted to know everythin...

When I was nine years old, something happened that forever changed my outlook on life. My family and I were going on a camping trip and as we were traveling down the highway, a car accident occurred right in front of us. My father slammed on the brakes, veering to the left and causing our vehicle to...

BIOFUEL - TODAY'S NEED In today's world day in and day out we see fleets of cars, buses, two-wheelers and trucks on our streets. Poisonous fumes damaging our lungs, noise pollution deafening our ears and harried commuters fed up with their lot. Is this what mankind has come to? Imagine ...

This article talks about how the hydrogen economy will be coming. There are a lot of obstacles that they must surpass to form a hydrogen economy. In the year 2003, President George W. Bush announced a 1.7 billion research program to develop a vehicle that would make the air cleaner and use less oil...

Firing Up a 2-Stroke Dirt Bike All Motocross bikes are started by a kick starter. The reason they do not have an electric start is simply because they do not have enough room and it is just more weight the manufacturer has to add on to the bike. Starting a dirt bike is an easy process if the p...

Through my experiences I have found that when having a used car you can actually improve the car as your mileage goes up. This does not require you to have a lot of money. The restoring process is not a quick process it is done over a long period of time but done on you own time. As time goes on and...

In numerous cities across the country, the personal automobile is the single greatest polluter, as emissions from million of vehicles on the road add up. Car pollution is one of the biggest polluters the solution is to have much more efficient vehicles that produce fewer emissions with every mile...

Ryan Poulos English 101 The Technology Of A Snowmobile Engine If you study and look at the history of a snowmobile engine, it has improved in many ways. I feel they have improved in two major ways. Number one being in performance, and number two they're more environmen...

Awareness about the ozone layer has not always been on everyone\'s mindset. However, today more people are suddenly becoming more concerned about the environment. Many people are linking this with the excessive pollution caused by Sport Utility Vehicles. From the standpoint of convenience, safety,...

DIESEL ENGINE Introduction The diesel engine is an engine which incorporates internal combustion in which ignition is produced by highly compressed air. Rudolf Diesel, a German engineer developed the idea and obtained the German patent for it in 1892. His goal was to create an engine with high...

Intelligent Multibrand Diagnosis in Vehicles Industry: Automotive Product: Data Acquisition, Labview The challenge: Developing an equipment to perform accurate online diagnosis of all components of the engines of European, Asian, and American cars. The solution: Creating a system based o...

Introduction The spiraling cost of gasoline and the increasing global concern for cleaner fuels has been the single most important factor for both institutional as well as individual consumers alike to influence buying decision for cars in the coming years. For the automotive industry in general and...

Why do two stroke engines The two stroke engine, which is widely used to operate such machiner as motorcycles, boats, and lawn equipment such as weed whackers are being tried to put tyo rest because of pollutants they create into the air. These emissions can be attributed to the to the design ineff...

The function of a car's engine is to make a car move. Engines come in a variety of strengths and speeds. All modern engines are made of essential parts. A description of the engine's design illustrates its function. The core of the engine is the cylinder. The piston moves up and down inside the cyli...

When people think of hydrogen, outside the studying of a chemistry class or something to that effect, thinks immediately of the hydrogen bomb. This situation is obvious a big image problem. Thanks to new technology, hydrogen has escaped the imagine of the unbearable to other more economical though...

In the past ten years, mankind has been searching for a viable solution to the biggest pollution problem; exhaust emissions from cars. Several alternatives have been explored and tested. The more popular of these are the gasoline/electric hybrids. In recent years many foreign car companies have put...