You're driving down the road and having a normal day behind the wheel of your car. You look down on the dashboard to check your gauges and speed, but you notice that a little orange "Check Engine" ...

Modern internal combustion engines — including those that run on diesel fuel — require a lot of special parts and systems to prevent dumping excess emissions into the atmosphere. Not only are those ...

EGR stands for exhaust gas recirculation, and the EGR valve is part of a system that does as the name implies: recirculate exhaust gas back into the engine’s intake manifold for a return trip to the ...

Two critical elements that need to be checked out at 100,000 miles are the EGR valve and the DPF. Hasten says to run a computerized flow test on the DPF filter tol show if the filter in the exhaust ...

Controlling vehicle emissions in modern vehicles involves more than just bolting up a catalytic converter and calling it a day. There are other components that effectively, and intuitively, cut out ...

We earn commissions from purchases you make using links in our articles. Learn more. Despite recent advancements in environmentally conscious electrified vehicles, most of the cars and trucks we drive ...

QUESTION: I have a 2000 Honda Accord EX V6 with 76,075 miles. It seemed when I drove the car for a long period of time and then stopped and shut off the car for a couple of seconds and then went to ...

Q: I have a 1990 Toyota Corolla LE, with automatic transmission, which I purchased new. It now has 101,000 miles on it. In all the years I’ve had it, there was never a major problem. All the service ...

There are times in life when we must endure that which is unpleasant for the greater good of all. And while it may not be high on that list for some, vehicle emissions equipment has certainly become ...

LISLE, Ill. — It’s no secret that Navistar International had its share of EGR-related failures as it attempted to meet EPA10 emissions standards without the use of SCR exhaust aftertreatment. The ...