For the past year or so, General Motors’ line of full-size SUVs and 1/4-ton pickup trucks equipped with the brand’s optional ...

Small-engine mechanics service home-related equipment such as lawnmowers and chainsaws. A mechanic in a boating community frequently works on outboard motors; while a small-engine repairman in a snowy ...

Inside the engine are several fascinating parts, which you can see in Figure 7-8. At the top are the cylinder heads. These contain the mechanisms that allow the valves to open and close, letting the ...

Cracked block? There aren't many two-word combinations that send a shiver up a car guy's spine. In most cases that means the block is DOA, and it's worth its weight in scrap only. Sometimes there is ...

Chrysler Group dealers are replacing malfunctioning cylinder heads on a small percentage of 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 engines. And a recent shortage of replacement heads means some customers have been ...

Twin-Turbo Porsche Panamera engine is over $50k, but these mechanics found it only needed a $20 part after it was replaced.

Displacement reigns as Mercedes goes bigger with gas engines.

A 747 has four engines -- if one sputters or shuts down, the plane doesn't crash. But there will be more pressure to perform on the other engines to keep the plane flying. Think of the world economy ...