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Q: I’ve been thinking about trading in my 2008 Silverado for a new truck. Just the other day my check engine light came on. I used the OBD scanner I bought to see what the code was. It said cylinder ...

We’re obviously not talking about a jammed semi-automatic or dud ammo, but an engine misfire is fundamentally the same thing. A cylinder supposedly filled with compressed air and fuel—akin to ...

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 ...

A misfire indicates there’s something wrong with what keeps a car’s combustion process going. Here’s what it could be, and how to avoid it. Every internal combustion engine, like those in a car, needs ...

Q: My 2004 Buick Park Avenue Ultra with 60,000 miles misfires when restarted hot. The problem lasts for no more than 30 seconds. My mechanic is stumped. Any thoughts? Other than this, the car runs ...

One of the joys of buildingan engine is firing it up for the first time, something we recently experienced with Project RX-8’s new Renesis rotary (the details of which you’ll find later in this issue) ...

I have a 1996 Ford Explorer with a 4.0-liter OHV engine. It developed a misfire on cylinder 4. It was overdue for the replacement of spark plugs and wires, and after I replaced them the problem ...

A new service update from GM includes a very small number of the 2024 GMC Sierra 1500 pickup and the 2024 GMC Yukon SUV that may be affected by a defect in the naturally aspirated 5.3L V8 L84 gasoline ...

Dynamic skip fire (DSF) has shown significant fuel economy improvements via reduction of pumping losses that generally affect throttled spark-ignition engines. For production readiness, DSF engines ...