In this video, we explore three different piston ring designs from Toyota engines spanning different eras: the 2E engine from ...

There's no need to sugarcoat what bad piston rings can do to your engine. Those rather thin cast-iron or steel rings may look small and irrelevant to untrained eyes, but they play a vital part in ...

No experienced engine builder would intentionally bolt a cylinder head to an engine block without installing a gasket between the block and cylinder head. The gasket seals the block-deck surface to ...

Your car's engine is truly a marvel of engineering, relying on a combination of extreme tolerances and pressures to produce power. Think about it — you're effectively creating hundreds of explosions ...

Almost every new car since the early 2000s has been using low-tension piston rings. Automakers have their fair share of reasons for doing so, including reduced frictional losses, improved efficiency, ...

Here you can see basic piston terminology, including major and minor thrust locations. Of particular note is the fact that piston pin offset can be used to counteract combustion pressures on the ...