Virtually every modern car on the road is equipped with bells, whistles, and sensors designed to let you know when even the slightest thing is wrong with your vehicle. While any driver can ...

The engine’s knock sensor (or sensors) detects preignition and detonation, potentially damaging forms of abnormal combustion. Though full-blown knocking and pinging are audible to the human ear ...

The manifold absolute pressure sensor reads the amount of pressure or vacuum (also called “engine load”) in the intake manifold, where outside air is divvied up in proper amounts and ...

Your car’s Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor monitors how much air is entering the engine, helping regulate your car's air-to-fuel ratio, and the engine’s heat. Before you start, ensure you have a ...

Pegasor, which sounds like the name of really bitchin' one-legged T-Rex, says that the sensor can be installed in the engine exhaust stream without the need for complex sampling and dilution ...

And turbocharged cars would get a prescribed maximum boost pressure curve as a function of engine RPM." Torque sensors are replacing those mechanisms. "So with this new methodology, we are no ...