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What does OAP Mean? Alternator Pulley Explained!
An alternator pulley is an interesting yet often overlooked part of your accessory belt system. It may look just like your regular pulley, but it isn’t. Alternators perform an important job in a modern engine. However, the very nature of how they operate can cause some issues as well.
Head Gaskets 101: Understanding what Head Gaskets Do and Why They Fail
Your average internal combustion engine is a mechanical work of art. There’s so much going on in there at any given moment. The violence of controlled explosions, the valves that open and close thousands of times every minute, perfectly choreographed. With that said, there’s a duality in every engine between its need for cooling and lubrication. Keeping these two systems separate, […]
VAICO Parts and VEMO Automotive Parts – Major Leagues Players in the Auto Part Industry
Despite how saturated the automotive industry is, there will always be room for quality aftermarket products. We can name only a few brands out there that offer the quality as high as you’ll find with VAICO parts and its sister brand VEMO. These names belong to the VIEROL company — a German replacement part manufacturer […]
Bad Ball Joint Noise Diagnosis — Causes, Symptoms and More
Bad ball joint noise – something you definitely don’t want to hear when driving down the road. Especially if you’re far away from home or worse, civilization. Ball joints fail from time to time. It’s not a matter of if, but rather when. Because of that, it’s good to know how to recognize the ball […]
eEuroparts Announcement
To our valued customers and friends, Late last week, eEuroparts.com was facing permanent closure due to financial reasons and asked the great team Newparts, Inc. for some help to keep the brand and website alive. Newparts, Inc. was able to step in and take over at the last second! We are committed to maintain and […]
The Legendary Volvo Whiteblock Engine – Modular Design of the Future
Volvo is a modern brand that is slowly but surely turning towards the electric vehicle segment. That new face of Volvo is fairly recent as well. It was a different story back in the day. This brand suffered from a borderline personality disorder, and the Volvo White block engine is partially to blame. What does […]
DIY: MK7 Cabin Air Filter Replacement (GTI)
The cabin filter, also called dust and pollen filter, is an easily overlooked service item with factory recommendations of changing every 2 years or 40k miles. It doesn’t impact the drivability of the car and since the filter gradually gets dirty over time it is not as though one day a light will pop on […]
The Suplex Slam – Getting the Lowdown on Coil Springs
If you live in any area that gets salt and snow, you may find yourself shopping for coil springs at some point. There are a lot of cars that we cover that are specifically susceptible to rust and breakdown related to roadgrime, salt, water, and grease getting ground into a toxic paste on your spring […]
Krona and do88 Real World Upgrading, PT2 – Krona Exhaust
In part one, we introduced Jacob of Auto Autopsy, and took a closer look at a cheap TurboX that he decided to warm up a little. Of course, with anything like this we needed a baseline to see just where we started from, so he took the Saab to a dyno and got some numbers. […]
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