Direct-injection engines were introduced with a promise that sounded ideal: more power, better fuel efficiency, and cleaner emissions, all from a more precise way of delivering fuel. On paper, the ...

Until the early 1990s, many gasoline engine designs relied on carburetors to produce the fuel-air mixture needed to make the power that makes a car move. However, as the regulations around fuel ...

Gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines have become prevalent in modern light-duty vehicles owing to their improved thermodynamic efficiency and lower fuel consumption compared with ...

What is gasoline direct injection and how is it different from traditional methods of getting fuel into your car's engine? You may have read or heard one of your favorite Car Tech editors talking ...

A Kia driver stopped into an unconventional place to get an oil change—an Advance Auto Parts—and that kicked off a conversation about a certain kind of engine and the love that it might require.

Despite very different applications, the L78 and LS6 V8 engines share a number of mechanical and technological similarities, including fuel injection hardware.

Direct injection engines deliver fuel at high pressure directly into the combustion chamber. When the fuel spray strikes surfaces such as the piston crown or liner, a thin liquid film forms. This film ...

Before the turn of the millennium, you wouldn't find many people complaining about carbon deposits on engine valves. However, all of that changed as gasoline direct injection (GDi) went mainstream in ...

As two of America's traditional 'big three' automakers, Ford and GM have a rivalry steeped in history. They've each offered similar types of products that fulfill the same purpose for buyers, be they ...

Gas has been expensive of late. Have you been tempted to stray away from Top Tier fuels in favor of a warehouse brand’s pricing at dimes- or quarters-per-gallon cheaper? Maybe with supplies ...

You know the drill by now. You're sitting in the purgatory of the service center waiting room. Precisely 63 minutes into your wait, the service adviser walks out with a clipboard and calls your name — ...