It might seem like a bad move, but there are two major reasons why automakers are fitting their cars with plastic valve ...

As a vehicle's engine operates, the intake and exhaust valves open and close rapidly while the pistons move up and down in the cylinder. These mechanical actions require a constant supply of hot oil ...

To some, replacing valve covers to cure leaky gaskets is like throwing out the baby with the bath water: New gaskets will likely solve the problem. However, shoddy gaskets provide an opportunity for ...

Volkswagen was met with lots of criticism over shoddy design and subpar build quality starting with the fifth-generation Golf. Obviously enough, the current generation doesn’t fare particularly well ...

Volkswagen is recalling nearly 177,500 examples of its Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport SUVs due to a defect that may cause the engine cover to come loose and potentially melt on hot engine surfaces.

Michigan-based aftermarket parts company Quinten Racing LLC has released a set of engine bay covers for the C8 Corvette Stingray that are intended to be used whilst washing the vehicle. These ...

The new engine pod covers, worth 1.2 million USD, will assist in preventing damage to the B-52 engines. Pilots and maintainers at Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) now have new engine covers ...

Boeing Co. is nearing a fix for engine covers like the one that broke apart on a United Airlines 777 jet over Colorado earlier this year, people briefed on the matter said. The fix, expected to be ...

One of the most widely agreed crimes of car modification is to write checks with styling that your performance can’t match. Big wings on Honda Civics, lift kits on HD duallies, it’s all the same: ...

Boeing Co. was planning to strengthen protective engine covers on its 777 jets months before a pair of recent serious failures, including one near Denver last weekend, according to an internal Federal ...