The timing chain is the heartbeat of your engine, keeping pistons and valves in perfect sync. When it wears or stretches, performance drops and repair bills soar. Knowing the warning signs, using the ...

Your engine’s timing belt or chain quietly keeps pistons and valves in sync — until it doesn’t. Knowing the differences, warning signs, and replacement schedules can save you thousands in repairs. A ...

What Does the Timing Belt or Timing Chain Do? On a conventional piston engine — which is found in virtually all modern passenger cars — the up-and-down motion of the pistons turn the crankshaft, and ...

The answer to the question about how long timing chains last and whether they need to be replaced has two possible answers. It all depends on your answer to this question: Do you maintain your car ...

Hello Paul, I drive a 2003 Toyota Camry with a 2AZ-FE engine. Recently, my engine has started making a rattling noise when I start it, especially in the morning. The noise is becoming more noticeable, ...

Cobus has never been able to keep his car opinions to himself and at age 12, he expressed them in no uncertain terms to a certain motoring magazine’s editor. It was the first of many times he would be ...