When two metallic surfaces under direct contact move over each other, they create friction which generates heat. This causes excessive wear and tear of those moving parts. However, when a film of ...

To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring you some of the stories that exemplify the core of what HOT ROD is and reflect the brand's influence on America's car ...

We explain the difference between wet sump and dry sump lubrication systems A colleague brought his Yamaha MT-01 to the office recently, and I was quite intrigued by a large canister to the left of ...

However, not all innovations are equal, and nor do they follow a constant upward trend. Instead, their evolution takes the form of an S-shaped curve that reflects their typical lifecycle from early ...

At 3,000 rpm, the pistons inside your engine are moving up and down violently, the crankshaft is spinning swiftly, and the rocker arms are rapidly doing the two-step with each respective valve. But ...

According to Securities Star, data from the Tianyancha APP shows that BYD (002594) has recently obtained a utility model patent authorization, with the patent titled 'Engine Lubrication System, Engine ...

SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants, Vol. 10, No. 3 (November 2017), pp. 904-912 (9 pages) Over the past decades, the automotive industry has made significant efforts to improve engine ...

Modern passenger car engines are designed to operate at increasingly higher rated engine speeds with more internal parts (multi-valve engines) requiring lubrication. The paper presents results of ...

Since the beginning of this year, Weichai Power has obtained 662 new patent authorizations, a decrease of 24.6% compared to the same period last year. According to the company's mid-year financial ...

Debris in an engine’s lube oil system led to a diesel engine failure and an engine room fire aboard a passenger vessel docked in Portland, Maine, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has ...