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21 March 2007 posted in Recalls/TSBs 8 views
Ford Super Duty beast now belches fire; is recalled Ford is telling its dealers to put on ice sales of some 2008 F-Series Super Duty diesels because of -- gulp -- reports of flames shooting from the tailpipes. Ouch. Luckily, only about 8,400 of the tru ...
Tags: extreme temperatures, ford, trucks, beast, turbocharger, flames, yahoo, spokesman, tailpipes, tailpipe, shaft, ford super duty, diesel particulate filter, fuel injectors, duty diesels, jarvis
17 August 2005 posted in Trends 7 views
GM, Bosch, and Stanford to work on new engine technology GM, Robert Bosch Corporation, and Stanford University will team up in a $2.5M effort to accelerate the development of Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition, or HCCI. This technology would allow for ...
Tags: extreme temperatures, fuel economy, diesels, gasoline engines, tailpipe, diesel engines, nox emissions, stanford university, drivetrains, air fuel ratio, homogeneous charge compression ignition, robert bosch corporation, lean mixture, rich mixture, fuel ratios, combustion air, compression ratios, robert bosch, lean burn, engine technology
12 February 2005 posted in Aftermarket 3 views
XM cheaper chip makes everything compatible Ok, toaster ovens, pacemakers and Hello Kitty waffle irons will not have XM Radio, but almost all AM/FM home units could. XM calls the microprocessor and antenna technology Connect-and-Play and will b ...
Tags: extreme temperatures, cars, automakers, delphi, radio, waffle irons, toaster ovens, antenna technology, harman kardon, satellite receivers, pacemakers, microprocessor, vibrations, kitty, pioneer
7 October 2004 posted in Aftermarket 9 views
How to shorten your life span: Part 1 Some genius, actually 35-year-old Andy Tyler, attached a jet engine to the back of a shopping cart for no apparent reason except to cause bodily injury. Sure there's a heat shield protecting him from ...
Tags: extreme temperatures, heat shield, jet engine, bodily injury, apparent reason, shopping cart, genius