MTU has launched a new Web site (www.2-cycle.mtu-online.com) dedicated exclusively to 2-cycle diesel engines and their proper maintenance. While the brand name on the engine may say Detroit Diesel, ...

The Detroit Diesel Corporation originally launched in 1938 as a division of General Motors, and its main purpose was to build a two-stroke engine that would combine power and versatility in a small ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the most significant contributions in the history of propulsion technology came from a 19th-century engineer named Rudolf ...

Diesel is dead? Not quite yet. Achates announced Friday that it has produced a heavy-duty, two-stroke diesel engine with near-zero emissions that costs less than a conventional engine and is expected ...

DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 10, 2012 – Ford’s all-new Transit full-size van, which goes on sale late next year, will be offered with a new clean-running 3.2-liter Power Stroke ® five-cylinder diesel, ...

There are certain engines that move from being mere powerplants to becoming part of motoring folklore. Generally, these are engines that power vehicles worthy of motoring legend status, such as the ...

We all know how a conventional internal combustion engine works, with a piston and a crankshaft. But that’s by no means the only way to make an engine, and one of the slightly more unusual ...

Wärtsilä introduced its Intelligent Combustion Monitoring system for two-stroke diesel engines; a system designed to provide ship operators and owners with information that enables operators to ...

The venerable Ford Power Stroke diesel engine family features some of the most technologically advanced and powerful turbodiesel engines of all time. Found primarily under the hoods of Ford's ...

Have you ever wondered why you need to add oil to your chainsaw’s fuel supply? Or why some dirt bikes have a higher pitched exhaust note than others? We’ve all been burdened with yard work or been ...