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Engine Guide

Engine Guide

Engine types and components. Guides, service and repairs.

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  • U engine

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    U engine

    U engine The U engine is a piston engine made up of two separate straight engines (complete with separate crankshafts) joined by gears or chains. It is similar to the H engine ...

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  • Using heat on stuck car Bolts

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    Using  heat on stuck car Bolts

    Using heat on stuck car Bolts Using heat on seized up car Bolts If all else fails to move a nut, bolt or screw, heating it up may help to release it. You can do this with direct ...

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  • V10 engine

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    V10 engine

    V10 engine A V10 engine is a V engine with 10 cylinders in two banks of five, which produces a distinct exhaust note. Mechanics The V10 is essentially the result of mating two ...

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  • V12 engine

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    V12 engine

    V12 engine A V12 engine is a V engine with 12 cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of six cylinders, usually but not always at a 60° angle to each other, with all 12 ...

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  • V16 engine

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    V16 engine

    V16 engine A V16 engine is a V engine with 16 cylinders. Engines of this number of cylinders are uncommon in automotive use. A V16 engine is perfectly balanced regardless of the ...

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  • V2 (V-twin engine)

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    V2 (V-twin engine)

    V2 (V-twin engine) A V-twin engine is a two-cylinder internal combustion engine where the cylinders are arranged in a V configuration. History Gottlieb Daimler built a V-twin ...

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  • V24 engine

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    V24 engine

    V24 engine A V24 engine is a V engine with 24 cylinders, suitable only for very large trucks or locomotives. Unlike smaller V16 and V20 engines, very few V24s were originally ...

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  • V4 engine

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    V4 engine

    V4 engine A V4 engine is a V form engine with four cylinders and three main bearings. Automobile use The V4 engine has not been widely used in cars, with Lancia, Ford and ZAZ the ...

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  • V6 engine

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    V6 engine

    V6 Car engine A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of three cylinders, usually set at either a right angle or an acute angle to each ...

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  • V8 engine

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    V8 engine

    V8 engine A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other but sometimes ...

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  • Valve (Poppet)

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    Valve (Poppet)

    Engine Poppet valve A poppet valve (also called mushroom valve) is a valve typically used to control the timing and quantity of gas or vapour flow into an engine. It consists of ...

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  • Valve Multi

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    Valve Multi

    Engine Multi-valve History In automotive engineering a multi-valve or multivalve engine is one where each cylinder has more than two valves. A multi-valve engine has better ...

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  • Valve stem types

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    Valve stem types

    Wheel Valve stem types A valve stem is a self-contained valve which opens to admit gas to a chamber (such as air to inflate a tire), and is then automatically closed and kept ...

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  • Valve timing

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    Valve timing

    Engine Valve timing In a piston engine, the valve timing is the precise timing of the opening and closing of the valves. In four-stroke cycle engines and some two-stroke cycle ...

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  • Valve vacuum delay

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    Valve vacuum delay

    Vacuum delay valve A vacuum delay valve is a valve with a small orifice, which delays a vacuum signal. These are commonly used in automobiles to alter the behavior of vacuum ...

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  • Valve Variable lift

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    Valve Variable lift

    Variable valve lift Variable valve lift is a technology which is increasingly used in automotive piston engines. It varies the height that a valve opens, in order to improve ...

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  • Valvetrain

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    Valvetrain

    Engine Valve train A valve train or valvetrain is a device that controls the operation of the valves.,in which a sequence of components transmits motion throughout the assembly. ...

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  • Variable valve timing (VVT)

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    Variable valve timing (VVT)

    Engine Variable valve timing In internal combustion engines, Variable valve timing (VVT), also known as Variable valve actuation (VVA), is any mechanism or method that can alter ...

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