The difference between overhauling the engine in your vehicle and an engine rebuild comes down to the quality and scope of ...

Some engines use a spark to ignite their fuel, and others rely on compression. What does all of that mean? And how do the two ...

The reciprocating engine has been all the rage for at least three centuries. The first widely adopted engine of this type was the steam engine with a piston translating linear motion into ...

I have already written about LiquidPiston and its XTS-210, but Avadi's idea is even more striking: it is a reciprocating engine that works as a rotary. Imagine an ICE with a single piston.

Reciprocating Engine Oil 101 Oil types fall into three main types— straight mineral, ashless-dispersant, and synthetic— and all need to be changed regularly.

A reciprocating engine needs its power translated to rotational motion, whereas the rotary engine produces direct rotational motion, creating much lower vibration, higher RPMs, ...

A nearly comparable displacement Mercedes 3-liter six-cylinder reciprocating engine has 1750 parts, delivers 180 hp. Main bearing caps split to accept sleeve bearings and fit over crank journals.

Each of Lakeland Electric's new reciprocating internal combustion engines, or RICE engines are: 21 feet tall. 43 feet long. Weigh 310 tons. Generate up to 20 megawatts. 18 cylinders.

Lakeland Electric will receive a new natural-gas powered, reciprocating internal combustion engine from MAN to replace the damaged Engine 1, LE spokeswoman Cathryn Lacy said. Each engine cost ...