Pick the Perfect Oil with New Online Tool from Red Line
Choosing the right oils and lubricants for cars and trucks just got easier. After several years of building a vehicle database, Red Line Synthetic Oil Corp. recently debuted its new online application guide at the 2010 SEMA Show in Las Vegas.
Tech Tip: Porsche 911 Turbo Lack of Oil Pressure on Start Up
Your customer may experience an instance where the oil pressure light comes on and there is a lack of oil pressure when the engine is first started.
Tech Feature: Hemisphere Exploration – Journey to the Center of the 5.7L Hemi
The 5.7L HEMI Magnum V8, which made its debut in 2003 in Dodge Ram 2500/3500 series trucks, was quite an improvement over the older 5.9L V8 it replaced. The engine was 56 lbs. lighter, produced 41% more horsepower and 12% more torque than the previous motor. Better yet, it also delivered 8-10% better fuel economy.
Tech Feature: General Motor’s Ecotec 2.0L Turbo Engine
General Motors introduced its powerful Ecotec 2.0L direct
Tech Feature: Sports Compacts – Performing in a ‘Maturing’ Market
What started out in the 1990s as an affordable way for kids to bang around with cars that were often handed down from their parents or siblings, later grew into a fledgling market all its own.
Harvick Claims Second Victory of the Season Taking the Checkered Flag at Daytona
Kevin Harvick and the Shell-Pennzoil team visited victory lane for the second time this season in a points-series race, following up the dramatic finish at the Talladega 500 in April with yet another restrictor plate win at this weekend’s Daytona Coke Zero 400.
Tech Feature: Taking it to the Streets
We have all seen in our industry that a “streetable” racing engine or a “raceable” street engine appeals to a broad spectrum of potential engine buyers because of its flexibility. Yet, everyday street driving is not the same thing as serious drag racing.
Tech Tip: Humming Sound From Front of Volkswagen Vehicles During Cornering
A customer states that a humming sound is coming from the front of the vehicle on turns in vehicles equipped with a 02J or 0A4 manual five-speed transmission. The hum may be more noticeable during slow speed turning maneuvers with the steering wheel almost to full travel. The hum diminishes when the steering wheel is straight.
This hum may be generated by the differential spider gear contacting the one-piece thrust washer when it is under load.
Tech Tip: Honda’s V6 Engine Leaks Oil from Front/Middle/Rear
If oil is leaking from the front, middle or rear of one of the above engines, it may be due to the cast aluminum engine block may be porous in spots. Depending on the location of the leak, seal it with JB Weld or 3-Bond-coated sealing bolts.
Tech Spec: 100 Years of Changing Internal Combustion Technology
It would be interesting to hear what Nicolaus Otto, credited as the father of the first functional four-stroke IC engine, would say after seeing some of the advanced powerplants dropped into vehicles today.
Directions: New Engine Oil Specification to Flow into Shops this Year
The International Lubricants Standardization and Approval Committee (ILSAC) is finalizing the
Mitch’s World: Behind the Magic Curtain…
Like small children called before an angry adult, they stand and cower, afraid, and rightfully so. Dwarfed by their surroundings, surroundings guaranteed by design to produce that very effect, they look at each other as sparks dance between the two pillars and that voice resonates across the great hall shattering the silence… “Do not arouse the wrath of the great and powerful Oz. I said, ‘Come back tomorrow.'”