Engine

While fuel-injector cleaning is often recommended by shops and dealer service centers, it probably isn’t necessary unless it’s correcting a running problem.

Since an engine can suffer severe damage if it’s run too hot, you should be concerned if there are indications the engine is overheating.

Diesel engines don’t have spark plugs; instead, they use the super-heated air created by their high compression ratios to ignite the diesel fuel as it’s injected into the cylinder.

Limp Mode allows your car to be driven a limited distance at reduced speed when something is wrong and may cause severe damage or stop the vehicle from running.

A ticking noise from your car is most likely related to the engine, but it could also be coming from something else.

While tracking down the source of the squeal can be difficult, a good place to start is by identifying the circumstances under which the squeal occurs.

Although most engine oil and gasoline varieties work fine on their own, sometimes they could use a little help with an additive.

Mild-hybrid vehicles work on the same principle as traditional hybrids, but with less power from the electric motor, which assists the gas engine.

Cold weather adversely affects diesel engines more than gas engines, but that’s only partly due to the engine itself.

An engine oil pump failure affecting some 139,700 Focus and EcoSport vehicles is the culprit.