Q: You recently wrote about a guy whose timing belt broke, and who tried to restart his car but whose valves survived only through sheer good luck. In 1957, I had a new Ford six-cylinder, standard ...

On May 26 my husband and I took our 1994 Hyundai Elantra to 5 Star Automotive in St. Petersburg for repairs. The car needed a tune-up, a timing belt and an air conditioning service check. The owner, ...

If you have an internal combustion engine that actually runs, then your camshafts are spinning twice as fast as your crankshaft. Change the rate at which either of the two spins in relation to one ...

Unless you own a Yugo, you probably already realize that your car’s engine is a meticulously designed and engineered hunk of metal. Even so, you may not know that if one part of the engine fails, it ...

Many modern passenger cars have either a timing belt or a timing chain. Generally speaking, timing belts have the advantage of being quieter and cheaper to produce and replace, while timing chains ...

11:47, Sun, Sep 7, 2025 Updated: 11:52, Sun, Sep 7, 2025 A car mechanic has revealed the one “unfixable” problem found on petrol and diesel vehicles built after 2017 in a potential blow to owners.

Do you know what a timing belt or a timing chain is and what they do? Could you find them on your vehicle's engine if you had to? If you answered no, don't sweat it. Both are buried behind a lot of ...

A mechanic has issued a warning over an " unfixable" problem on used cars sold after 2017. Dave Harrison, a spokesperson for 911 Auto Repairs, warned motorists and road users the issue could become ...

Zak is new to the CarBuzz team, working as a freelance content writer. When Zak isn't writing How To articles for CarBuzz he's working as a high school automotive technology instructor. Before ...

Endurance Warranty, Omega Auto Care, Toco Warranty and American Dream Auto Protect We all need something to keep us running. For some people, that’s a cup of coffee in the morning. And for your car?