Engine Services

Engine Repair and Replacement

When your engine needs repair or replacement, you need to find an auto repair team you can trust to do the job right. Our Kennewick and Richland locations are staffed with a team of engine repair specialists who will get you back on the road safely.

  • Engine Repair

  • Engine Replacement

  • Engine Performance Check

  • Belt Replacement

  • Hose Replacement

  • Cooling System Repair

  • Radiator Repair & Replacement

  • Water Pump Repair & Replacement

  • Drivability Diagnostics & Repair

  • Fuel Injection Repair & Service

  • Fuel System Repair & Maintenance

  • Ignition System Repair & Maintenance

How Does A Car Engine Work?

Internal combustion gasoline engines run on a mixture of gasoline and air. The ideal mixture is 14.7 parts of air to one part of gasoline (by weight). Since gas weighs much more than air, we are talking about a whole lot of air and a tiny bit of gas. One part of gas that is completely vaporized into 14.7 parts of air can produce tremendous power when ignited inside an engine.

Air enters the engine through the air cleaner and proceeds to the throttle plate. You control the amount of air that passes through the throttle plate and into the engine with the gas pedal. It is then distributed through a series of passages called the intake manifold, to each cylinder. At some point after the air cleaner, depending on the engine, fuel is added to the air stream by either a fuel injection system or, in older vehicles, by the carburetor.

Once the fuel is vaporized into the air stream, the mixture is drawn into each cylinder as that cylinder begins its intake stroke. When the piston reaches the bottom of the cylinder, the intake valve closes and the piston begins moving up in the cylinder compressing the charge. When the piston reaches the top, the spark plug ignites the fuel-air mixture causing a powerful expansion of the gas, which pushes the piston back down with great force against the crankshaft, just like a bicycle rider pushing against the pedals to make the bike go.

If you're experiencing engine trouble, call or schedule a service appointment online at one of our two Tri-Cities auto repair shop locations.