Fire incidents linked to work at height often start with small ignition sources that go unnoticed. Elevated platforms, mobile ...

Swapping spark plugs seems straightforward, but are you overlooking a critical part? How long do ignition coils last, and ...

Ignition timing is easily the single most important tuning adjustment on an internal combustion engine and yet the concept of ignition curves continues to be elusive for many enthusiasts. Yet all it ...

Standing Assumptions About Plasma Sustainment and Efficiency This paper argues that the persistent failure of sustained plasma systems is not an engineering limitation, but the predictable result of ...

A battery in a traditional car cannot directly create engine spark. It’s only rated at 12 volts, after all, so it needs a little help boosting the signal to the spark plugs. To make that happen, a car ...

If you’re driving a car that uses a physical key and it seems to be stuck in the ignition, the first thing to do is make sure your car’s in park—it won’t come out if you’re still in drive. If that’s ...

If you can find a good, skilled locksmith, it’d be worth paying them to make a house call, to see if they can find a way to ...

"It's not a heap, dad. It's a classic." That's harder to justify when your classic muscle car won't start. Nothing like a high-compression V8 combined with a battery that hasn't seen a charge for a ...

This belief is an ancient one — our oldest print sighting so far dates it to May 1960 when it appeared as the plot of one of the "Gus And The Model Garage" series run in Popular Science. Unlike the ...

Maryland updates ignition interlock rules to improve road safety and help drivers avoid license suspension after violations.

American scientists have announced what they have called a major breakthrough in a long-elusive goal of creating energy from nuclear fusion. The U.S. Department of Energy said on Dec. 13, 2022, that ...

On March 29, 2019, Wall Street Journal readers were topping off their morning espressos and adjusting their power ties when they came across an article titled, "The Real Reason Porsche Ignitions Are ...