Here are a couple of ways to determine if an MDS solenoid in your 5.7-liter HEMI engine has gone bad and how difficult it is ...

[Emiel] aka [The Practical Engineer] makes all kinds of fun projects in his fully-featured shop, and one of his tangents has been building a series of solenoid engines. These engines mimic the ...

If you really think about it, starting our cars as easily as we do every day is something of a modern miracle. We jump into our vehicles, turn a key (or even just push a button on many occasions), and ...

As far as electric propulsion is concerned, the vast majority of applications make use of some kind of rotational motor. Be it induction, universal, brushed or brushless, these are the most efficient ...

Solenoids are everywhere. They open the water valve in your dishwasher, control the flow of gas in your stove, regulate ink delivery in printers, and play a crucial role under the hood of your car.

You hop in your Dodge diesel and turn the key only to be greeted with a click-click sound, instead of the more familiar whirring of your starter motor. Something is wrong. You somehow knew that the ...

Learn how a water-cooled solenoid engine works and see its design and operation in action. This video breaks down the ...

If you are searching for projects to keep you busy over the next few weeks, you may be interested in this awesome miniature V8 Solenoid Engine, which is capable of generating plenty of power. Created ...

University of Washington students Jeffrey Weng and Connor Lee have created an awesome Radial Solenoid Engine as an alternative to a combustion engine in their dorm. This innovative project showcases ...

When a twist of the ignition key brings no churning from- below, is the problem in the starter or outside it? In this, the first of two articles, we’ll step through simple tests which will show where ...