On the frosty morning of Dec. 9, 1921, in Dayton, Ohio, researchers at a General Motors lab poured a new fuel blend into one of their test engines. Immediately, the engine began running more quietly ...

If you are not already using a fuel additive regularly, it is time to seriously think about it. Diesel fuel has gone through new formulations with the implementation of ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD).

With the rest of the world having long-since moved away from leaded fuels, aviation gasoline, or "avgas" for short, seemingly exists as a final holdover from a bygone era. The most ubiquitous avgas ...

An editorial earlier this summer (“Don’t let children near Colorado’s airports suffer the same fate as kids in Flint, Mich.” July 11, 2023) focused on an important issue, but grossly oversimplified ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The automobile itself traces its roots back to the late 19th century. Gas stations came about later, though, and people had to ...

Roughly 170,000 piston-engine aircraft are used across the country. Nearly all burn a grade of aviation gasoline that contains lead. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Reading Time: 7 ...

OSHKOSH - Among the thousands of aviation enthusiasts at the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture convention this week are a few who are discussing an oft frowned-upon topic in the general ...

The Federal Aviation Administration has published a draft roadmap for eliminating leaded aviation petrol by end-2030, though the agency warns the transition could pose operational challenges and ...

Engine knock, wherein fuel ignites unevenly along the cylinder wall resulting in damaging percussive shockwaves, is an issue that automakers have struggled to mitigate since the days of the Model T.