But your car can only last a short period while running on the battery, as the battery is not designed to provide power to the entire car. Once your battery dies, your car will stall and eventually shut off completely. If you pay enough attention to how your car runs, you should be a...
If you drive a diesel RV, you may be aware of diesel high idle (sometimes referred to as “fast idle”), and your rig may even have a high idle mode or switch. But, what exactly is diesel high idle, and when should you use the high idle feature? Is idling bad for the engine?
Car engine surge can cause the engine to lose the RPMs for a moment and suddenly regain it at normal speed. This is usually caused due to an issue in the car’s computer system. Besides, there can be several reasons behind engine surges, depending on the vehicle’s specifications. If you...
That said, its rivals’ four-cylinder motors aren’t particularly quiet either, and both grumble at idle too. Still, from low to mid revs, the A-Class’s engine takes on only the lightest tinkle, even if it does still become a bit coarse when you work it hard. The A3’s motor is ...
car has to send to the wire to keep it a constant temperature is directly proportional to the air flow. It’s genius, really. With one sensor and the live ‘revs, operating phase, idle etc’ information coming through the ECU the air density being sucked into the cylinders is calculated ...
The non-PHEV petrol has the smoothest engine in the Touareg range, and stays creamy and quiet all the way from idle to maximum revs. It’s also surprisingly quick, with a 0-62mph time of just 6.1 seconds (only the BMW X5 40i petrol feels significantly stronger among its petrol equivalen...
The Scarab 4-cylinder engine is possibly now the one on display at the Revs Institute.The successful rebuild was with chassis GP-2, which was raced by Reventlow and Daigh in 1960 with the desmodromic 4-cylinder engine. As previously detailed, that engine was removed and replaced with the ...
Can I drive with a bad solenoid? The short answer is that,yes, you can usually drive a car with a bad shift solenoid. ... Fluid pressure control should continue to function in the gear with the working solenoid, but you should avoid putting any serious stress on the transmission -- tow...
Waiting, she looks back to the street, where The Beast sits idle at the curb. Speak! INTERCOM VOICE RONNA Todd! It's Ronna Martin. You know me through Simon. 13 A long pause. Yeah? INTERCOM VOICE RONNA Can I come up? Another long pause. Ronna looks back at The Beast, embarrassed....
Idle speed should be about 1200rpm: hold the car on the brake at idle, engage first and run the steering from lock to lock; if it stalls, the engine is weak. Briefly (with foot still on brake), apply full throttle – the revs should rise to 2000-2200: if higher, the clutch is ...