Oil is the lifeblood of your truck’s engine – it’s tasked with reducing friction, cooling, cleaning, sealing, shock dampening, energy transferring and corrosion protection. Now, even though the 5.9 Cummins likes to mark its territory by leaking oil way too often, it’s still a great engine and should outlive your truck’s frame and body, assuming …
Getting stuck in mud sucks, but being stuck with noisy mud tires on a long road trip sucks even more. You might be wondering – is it even possible to have both off-road traction and on-road quietness? Well, it turns out it is! Loads of mud tire manufacturers are starting to put more focus on …
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Ever since the average car became a ‘rolling computer’, car battery related breakdowns skyrocketed (obviously). Nowadays, cars are equipped with over 30 different control modules that are constantly exchanging information with each other, therefore a healthy and powerful battery is extremely important. How to Choose the Best Battery for Mazda 3 Before we dive in, …
If you’ve been keeping up with the news on GDI engines (Gasoline Direct Injection), you’ve probably seen that these engines have a major design flaw. Early GDI engines overlooked the importance of preventing carbon buildup on the intake valves and suffered from misfires once the carbon buildup was too much. However, GDI engines are not …
Nowadays, it’s quite common to see gasoline engines reaching the 200,000-mile mark and still running fine, however, for some reason diesel engines always seem to last significantly longer. Why is that? Stick around for the answer! Do Diesel Engines Last Longer? Yes! Diesel engines do last longer. Back when I used to work at a …
The automotive world has changed a lot in the last decade. With the ever-increasing concerns about climate change, new regulations on vehicle emissions have been placed multiple times, which in turn made turbocharged cars more popular. Modern turbocharged engines are very economical due to the smaller displacement but are still very powerful at the same …
Even though a muffler seems like a simple component, what happens behind the scenes inside the muffler is quite fascinating. Designing a muffler requires dozens upon dozens of calculations and even a slight tweak in design could result in a whole different sound. Now, it’s easy to get overwhelmed when choosing a muffler, especially when …
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If you’re like me and you spend a lot of time driving on the highway in your SUV, Jeep or truck, you probably know how annoying noisy tires can get. Nobody is looking forward to a long, noisy drive back home after a hard day at work. However, if you also do a fair bit …
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