A knocking sound from the engine often triggers worst-case assumptions, but piston slap is a far more common—and usually less dangerous—culprit. It occurs when a piston lightly contacts the cylinder ...

Engine noise makes us more nervous than any other automotive sound because noise can mean expense and inconvenience. And, sometimes engine noise is nothing more than a normal dynamic of the engine's ...

A car engine is a piece of heavy machinery, and it isn’t surprising for it to make all kinds of sounds. The rotating shafts, the moving pistons and valves, the combustion process, and other engine ...

So, you’re cruising down the road, windows down, music up, feeling like the king or […] ...