Driving through a flood: a guide
Flood water and cars aren’t the best of friends. It’s possible to write a car off by driving through flood water that’s too deep. But even if you navigate flooded…
Motoring made simple
Flood water and cars aren’t the best of friends. It’s possible to write a car off by driving through flood water that’s too deep. But even if you navigate flooded…
Limp home mode or limp mode is when a car engine appears to lose power for no apparent reason. Your car will put itself into limp home mode because it…
One of our readers was caught doing 34 miles per hour in a 30 zone. He thought he was safe because his car’s speedometer was showing 35mph and he believed…
Engines generate a lot of heat. Air is forced into the engine compartment through the vents at the front while you drive to stop things getting too hot. The car’s…
There are multiple reasons for any engine power loss. The modern car engine is a hugely complex thing as the image above shows. But chances are, any power loss is…
The letters OBD stand for On Board Diagnostics. The port is where the OBD is accessed. Read on to find out more about OBD. What do On Board Diagnostics do?…
Modern cars are often said to have more computing power than the early Apollo moon rockets. When people say this, one of the areas they’re talking about is the car’s…
Do you want your engine to have more performance, or perhaps get more economy? If so car tuning by a process called chipping could be the way to go. Tuners…
Cars are mechanical marvels. They’re sufficiently strong to withstand daily abuse, yet they’re clever enough to tell us the best way to get to places and in some cases how…