Since the beginning of hot rodding, gearheads have endeavored to increase the performance of internal combustion engines through the optimization of valve timing. It's been proven time after time that ...

The oil pan's role on a Toyota VVTi or any other engine is to collect the lubricating oil falling from its components to be absorbed back by the oil pump and recirculated. Due to its position at the ...

Normally, you don’t have to maintenance the camshafts or valves in a Toyota VVTi engine's lifetime, as they are built to last for a long period. However, if something goes wrong and you need to do it, ...

Hello Paul, I drive a Toyota Wish with a VVTi engine. It has been running well until recently when it started reducing engine power or hesitating. A computer diagnosis reported it. Can the VVTi ...

OK, so you checked off the option box for the 6L80E automatic when ordering up your new fifth-gen. Unlike your buddies in the local Camaro club that insist on shifting manually, after an evening of ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 112, Section 3: JOURNAL OF ENGINES (2003), pp. 124-134 (11 pages) An experimentally derived map of the engine volumetric efficiency is usually employed to control the A/F ratio ...

Hello Francis, to resolve the VVTi problem, you may need to clean the oil sludge or deposit in the VVTi solenoid or replace it with a new one in case that one cannot be repaired. The VVT ...

Harley-Davidson has filed a patent application for a variable valve timing (VVT) V-twin engine, possibly for the Sportster to improve economy and reduce emissions. The iconic American manufacturer has ...

We haven't had any other reports of a failure of the VVTi hubs, but perhaps other readers might tell us of any failures they've had. The outcome you've managed to achieve is a reasonable one.

Eventually this trickled down to GM's incorporation of this technology into the Gen IV 6.2L L92 Escalade motor for the 2007 model year. GM's design placed a cam phaser on the face of the cam, which ...