If the cylinder heads are on the engine, you will need to add air pressure to the cylinder to hold the valves in place. Our example is the Craftsman 47089 compression test kit using the 14mm long ...

Time was when a valve job was done with some valve-grinding compound and a vacuum cup on a stick. But no more. Today's high performance engines require the same machining precision in the valves that ...

Four-stroke engines, which make up 99% of vehicles on the road, rely on a system for managing air intake, compression, ...

Have you ever heard of the Silent Knight? It was a unique engine that ditched noisy valves for a weirder, quieter, and more ...