Fuel-economy standards and emissions regulations have continued to tighten in recent decades. To stay in compliance, OEMs have turned to gasoline direct injection (GDI) in late-model vehicles.
These systems are able to measure and control the amount of fuel entering the combustion chamber more accurately, boosting fuel economy and maximizing power output.
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Typically, the main culprit of friction-material separation is corrosion.
Recently, a few editors here at Babcox Media were moving around a 2016 Kia Soul for a video shoot.
All of a sudden, the right rear wheel locked up. With several ASE-certified technicians on the editorial staff, there was no shortage of theories as to the source of the problem. Some people blamed the parking brake, ABS isolation solenoids and even the brake line developing an internal flap restriction. Only when the wheel was pulled off did they get a glimpse of the state of the brake pads and rotors.
These are new units and not remanufactured.
One of them doesn’t require a tensioner.
Rick and Bill talk about what it means to continue the legacy of a family business.
Electric vehicles and hybrids have a built-in disadvantage regarding brake noise.
SMP is continuing to increase coverage for hybrid vehicles across multiple categories.
Over the past year, SMP has added 258 SKUs for hybrid vehicles and 60 SKUs for electric vehicles.
Members of the Automotive Sales Council talk about the “Check the Part” campaign.
Spark plug indexing is the orientation or placement of the ground electrode at a specified direction in the combustion chamber.
