Click here for Wookieepedia's article on the Canon version of this subject.  This article covers the Legends version of this subject. 

OnALegendsArticleGoToCanon

An engine coupling was an engine component. Starships typically had more than one coupling per ship. The power that flowed through the coupling was regulated by a hydrovalve.[1]

While fixing his ship, the Dorion Discus, after a battle, the smuggler Roark Garnet found a faulty hydrovalve attached to the engine couplings. By fixing the hydrovalve, Garnet increased the sublight speed of his vessel.[1]

Sources

Notes and references