It is true that water is healthy and good for life, but not for an internal combustion engine. That's why when you see a ford or a big puddle in front of your car, think twice before splashing into ...

The 3UZ-FE is known for reliability, but one engine teardown proves that a single event is enough to destroy Toyota’s ...

Hydrolocks are an old phenomenon with combustion-engined vehicles, but most drivers still fail to understand how it happens. That’s what makes so many try their luck crossing flooded areas without ...

Crossing flooded areas is a huge challenge for combustion-engined cars. There is always a high risk of hydrolock, or hydrostatic lock. That is what happens when an incompressible substance meets an ...

Military vehicles such as Humvees are often seen wading through water without much trouble, which gives diesel engines a reputation for being nearly indestructible. While they are tough and generally ...

For those fortunate enough to be unfamiliar with the term, a diesel engine suffers a hydrolock after ingesting water into its cylinders. As water cannot be compressed the engine locks up, sometimes ...

Of the myriad engineering failures from the reckless period at the end of the 1970s and the dawn of the '80s, the one with perhaps the longest-reaching effect on consumer preference was the ...

Normally people drive through water and they don't die. So what happens when our city roads get submerged? Our cars can die. Here's how yours can survive. Normally people drive through water and they ...

Preliminary reports from major insurers show that hundreds of vehicles were damaged due to flooding, hydrolock, or falling objects, with estimated compensation costs reaching into millions off US ...