Have you ever heard of the Silent Knight? It was a unique engine that ditched noisy valves for a weirder, quieter, and more complex design that guzzled oil.

Time was when a valve job was done with some valve-grinding compound and a vacuum cup on a stick. But no more. Today's high performance engines require the same machining precision in the valves that ...

An engine's valvesprings play a critical role in its performance, yet those incorrectly chosen for a given application can cause hobbyists to unknowingly point blame in another direction if an engine ...

After admitting it sold as many as 270,000 vehicles with defective engines, Lexus has now announced it will recall those models, which include 138,000 Lexus IS, GS and LS models in the United States.

Since the 1950s, some motorcycles, notably ones from Ducati, have used desmodromic valvetrains in their engines. Why is this ...

Update, 03/14/2019 11:35 am EDT: In an email, a Toyota Advanced Technology spokesperson issued the following statement to The Drive: “The safety and security of our customers is a top priority. We are ...

Jalopnik has received a bunch of tips about Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ engines failing after being taken in for a valve spring recall. Yes, you read that right: The cars aren't breaking and being ...

Beginning April 5, 2024, a selected group of Kia Telluride owners across the United States will receive a letter in their mailbox informing them that the valve springs in their vehicle’s engine may be ...

Toyota had just managed to settle the recall waters a little bit last month, when its premium division Lexus debuted a recall for 17,000 HS 250h hybrid vehicles that were suspected of having a fuel ...

Obviously, these valve-control-related issues, associated with insufficient valvespring pressure, are the reason why camshaft manufacturers offer valvespring upgrades. The obvious answer might seem to ...

As with every first year of production in the car world, the 2020 Corvette isn’t perfect. Quality control is questionable at best, the mid-engine sports car had to be recalled over the “flying frunk” ...