How hard could it to be to build a two-stroke internal combustion engine (ICE) from scratch? This is a challenge that [Camden Bowen] gladly set for himself, while foregoing such obvious wastes of t… ...

Though a small amount of extra oil added to your engine shouldn't affect it, if you overfill it, that can turn into bad news. Here's why and the easy fix.

A phenomenon called "blow-by" can both be a cause and an effect of carbon buildup inside of a direct-injection engine, and it's especially prevalent in turbocharged direct-injection engines.