Damaged or leaking piston rings can lead to hot exhaust escaping the cylinder and entering the crankcase of the engine, contaminating the engine oil and causing carbon to build up on the pistons. This ...

They're slim rings of metal that hug the outer edge of the piston, responsible for sealing the combustion pressure inside the cylinder and keeping oil out of the combustion chamber. The science ...

Description: Complete/integrated pistons combine a metal or plastic core, bearing and seals into a single unit. Both bonded and pre-assembled versions are available. The one-piece construction reduces ...

Much like piston rings, these seals have to be lubricated. However, due to the design of the rotary engine, there is no way to keep the oil lubricating the seals out of the combustion chamber.

Global production of oil and other petroleum liquids is expected to average 103 million barrels per day in 2024, according to the International Energy Agency. That's a relatively modest increase ...

1 / 17George "Yardbird" Yardley Before he led the NBA in scoring in 1957, the 6-foot-5 forward was called “Yardbird” by his fraternity brothers at Stanford, paying homage to his outdoor chores ...

The Ring of Fire is home to 75% of the world's volcanoes and 90% of its earthquakes. 2 min read The Ring of Fire is a roughly 25,000-mile chain of volcanoes and seismically active sites that ...

Unfortunately, Oura stuck with its puck-style charging cradle this generation rather than updating to a charging case with a built-in battery like that of the Galaxy Ring and others. Of course ...

Researchers have found evidence suggesting that Earth may have had a ring system, which formed ... [+] around 466 million years ago. Scientists have found evidence that Earth may have once had a ...