If asked what you wanted for piston rings in your engine build, would you know how to answer? Piston rings have the most important job in your engine. We will get arguments on this one because there ...

Yesterday, we turned to the folks from Engineering Explained to examine five things you should not be doing with a manual transmission. Today we're heading back to that fountain of knowledge for ...

Heat is a byproduct of combustion. Both air-cooled and water-cooled engines need to dissipate that heat to keep the engine from running too hot. Can piston rings play a role in managing that heat?

Pistons reciprocate inside the cylinders of an internal combustion engine. The outer diameter of the piston is slightly smaller than that of the cylinder liner, enabling it to move up and down with ...

When building an engine, it's understandable how the sight of all those parts laid across the workbench can be a bit intimidating to most novice engine builders. After having the block freshly ...

Pistons are an engine-building element we like to brag about, but you won't catch many of us boasting about having cast pistons. Cast pistons are for wimps. Many of us like to talk up hypereutectic ...

Presumably that you want to replace the worn out piston rings of a Toyota VVTi engine, you’ll need to know how to correctly put the new ones in place. The hardest part is to reach the piston rings ...

Federal-Mogul Powertrain is the majority stakeholder and provides process technology and access to global customers. Federal-Mogul Powertrain has started a new plant in Changsha, China, producing ...

Piston slap can create a knocking noise from your engine that seems very concerning at first. But you should listen to expert ...

When servicing refrigeration or air conditioning systems that incorporate reciprocating or piston-type compressors, worn compressor rings and/or leaky compressor suction or discharge valves can cause ...