General Engine Tutorials

How to Clean a Throttle Body

Video tutorial on how to clean the throttle body on your vehicle. This is a generic video, so procedure may slightly vary between vehicle makes and models. A majority of engine will be equipped with a rubber intake tube that is held on with a gear clamp. Others may have an air box, filter, etc...

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How to Change Spark Plugs

Video tutorial on how to replace the spark plugs on your vehicle. All vehicles do vary on the replacement, but the basic procedure is the same. This tutorial applies to vehicles both with individual coil packs or spark plug wires which feed each of the spark plugs. This particular tutorial was done...

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Porting & Polishing a Throttle Body

Video tutorial on how to port and polish a vehicle's throttle body. In order to do this procedure, you must remove the throttle body from the engine so you can probably polish and port the throttle body and the material shavings do not enter the engine. This is a very small horsepower increase...

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Removing a Push Lock Fuel Line Fitting

Video tutorial on how to remove the push lock style fuel line fittings on a vehicle. This is a very common style found on most vehicles today that are used on a variety of applications on the fuel system, but can also be found on other components such as transmission lines. This style fitting does...

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Maintaining Power Steering Fluid

Video tutorial on how to check the level of your vehicle's power steering fluid. Power steering isn't equipped on all vehicle, but it found on the majority of vehicles on the road. This is a hydraulic assist system to help steering your vehicle. If your fluid is low the power steering pump will make...

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Maintaining Engine Fluids

Video tutorial on how to check and maintain those engine fluids for your vehicle. This video covers engine coolant, engine oil, transmission oil, transfer case oil for all wheel drive and four wheel drive vehicles, washer fluid, and brake fluid. Consult with your local dealer or vehicle owner's...

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Repairing an Exhaust Heat Shield Rattle

Video tutorial on how to fix a rattling heat shield on an exhaust pipe, muffler, or catalytic converter. This cannot be applied to all types of heat shields such as ones that bolt to the underside of the vehicle. This method mainly applies to the ones which wrap around an object. This is a permanent...

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How to Scan a Check Engine Light (OBD2)

Video tutorial on how to scan your vehicle with a generic OBD II code reader to diagnose the check engine light (CEL). How the code reader operates may vary between makes and models. OBD II was used on vehicles in the mid 1990s and newer. Before OBD II was the OBD I system which needs a specific...

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How to Sea Foam an Engine

Video tutorial on how to apply Sea Foam in your petrol/gas/gasoline/4 stroke engine. Sea Foam is a type of fuel system, intake, and combustion chamber cleaner which removes any residue or debris build up internally from an engine that can cause running issues. These issues can consist of hard starts...

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How to Remove a Spark Plug Wire

Video tech tip on how to remove a spark plug wire on an engine. This applied to all types of spark plug wires found on vehicles, recreational vehicles, small engines, etc. Although procedures for coil packs which are directly mounted on the spark plug may vary between makes and models. It is very...