Sounds like one of those energy drinks. And in a way, it is. It’s the new ingredient BP is touting in its gasoline to clean intake valves to keep your engine humming. Though we don’t know exactly what ...

CHEVRON WITH TECHRON! BP gasoline with Invigorate! And here's a new one: Nitrogen Enriched Gasolines from Shell! Fuel additives have some pretty hokey names, but behind them is real chemistry. It's ...

Valve gunk is nasty stuff that comes from the toxic vapor of steam, oil, gasoline and hydrocarbons circulating around the inside of your engine. A normal process of combustion in any gas powerplant, ...

For an engine to work, a fresh mixture of air and gas has to be able to enter and exit the cylinders. These induction and exhaust processes also need to occur at the correct moments, otherwise the ...