The knock sensor on your Toyota VVTi engine is basically a microphone that senses if detonation occurs in one of the cylinders. The detonation happens when the fuel-air mixture ignites before it’s ...

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Knowledge learned through the successful application of millions of knock sensors on automotive engines is reported. An explanation of the basic characteristics of the knock phenomena and their ...

Last week, we noted an attempt to fix a hardware problem with software, which backfired pretty dramatically for Ford when they tried to counter the tendency for driveshafts to fall out of certain of ...

Starting with 2015, a series of recalls have been conducted by South Korean car companies Hyundai and Kia on account of faulty engines that are some instances were known to catch fire. As it appears, ...