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Engine Guide

Engine types and components. Guides, service and repairs.

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  • Connecting rod

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    Connecting rod

    Engine Connecting rod In a reciprocating piston engine, the connecting rod or conrod connects the piston to the crank or crankshaft. Together with the crank, they form a simple ...

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  • Connecting rod Make size comparison

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    Connecting rod Make size comparison

    Connecting rods manufacture size comparison Guide Big End Diameter - Small end diameter - Length Audi S3 / TT 1.8Ltr. 20V Turbo 50.6mm 20mm 144mm A3 2.0Ltr. T FSI 50.6mm 20mm ...

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  • Conversion Factors Quick Guide

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    Conversion Factors Quick Guide

    Conversion Factors Quick Guide Force 1 lbf/ft = 0.138kgf/m = 1.356 lbf/ft = 12 lbf/in 1 kgf/m = 7.233 lbf/ft = 9.807 Nm = 86.8 lbf/in 1 Nm = 0.102 kgf/m = 0.7376 Nm = 8.85 lbf/in ...

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  • Coolant Leaks Finding

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    Coolant Leaks Finding

    Finding Engine Coolant Leaks Engine Coolant Level is Low Many points in your car’s cooling system are liable to develop leaks through which coolant can escape. To inspect for a ...

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  • Cooling System parts

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    Cooling System parts

    Engine Cooling System parts Inside your car's engine, thousands of controlled explosions called combustion events are caused by igniting the fuel air mixture inside the engine. ...

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  • Cooling System Thermostat

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    Cooling System Thermostat

    How a Car Cooling System Thermostat Works Inside your cars engine, thousands of controlled explosions called combustion events caused by igniting fuel-air mixture inside the ...

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  • Core plug

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    Core plug

    Engine Core plugs Core plugs, are usually metal cups that fill the sand casting core holes found on water-cooled internal combustion engines. They are often wrongly called Welsh ...

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  • Crank Journals (pins)

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    Crank Journals (pins)

    Engine Crank Journals (pins) explained Crankpins highlighted in blue In a reciprocating engine, the crankpins, also known as crank journals are the journals of the big end ...

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  • Crankcase

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    Crankcase

    Engine Crankcase In an internal combustion engine of the reciprocating type, the crankcase is the housing for the crankshaft. The enclosure forms the largest cavity in the engine ...

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  • Crankcase ventilation & PCV valve

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    Crankcase ventilation & PCV valve

    Engine Crankcase ventilation system & (PCV) valve Car pcv valve A crankcase ventilation system is a way for gases to escape in a controlled manner from the crankcase of an ...

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  • Crankshaft

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    Crankshaft

    Engine Crankshaft explained The crankshaft, sometimes abbreviated to crank, is the part of an engine that translates reciprocating linear piston motion into rotation. To convert ...

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  • Crankshaft Crossplane

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    Crankshaft Crossplane

    V8 Crossplane crankshaft The crossplane or cross-plane is a crankshaft design for V8 engines with a 90° angle between the cylinder banks. The crossplane crankshaft is the ...

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  • Crankshaft deep rolling

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    Crankshaft deep rolling

    Crankshaft deep rolling Deep rolling is a method of cold work deformation and burnishing of internal combustion engine crankshaft journal fillets to increase durability and ...

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  • Cylinder

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    Engine Cylinder explained A cylinder is the central working part of a reciprocating engine or pump, the space in which a piston travels. Multiple cylinders are commonly arranged ...

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  • Cylinder bank

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    Cylinder bank

    Engine Cylinder bank explained Internal combustion piston engines (those with more than one cylinder) are usually arranged so that the cylinders are in lines parallel to the ...

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  • Cylinder block

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    Cylinder block

    Engine Cylinder block A cylinder block is an integrated structure comprising the cylinder(s) of a reciprocating engine and often some or all of their associated surrounding ...

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  • Cylinder Bore & Pitch

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    Cylinder Bore & Pitch

    Cylinder Bore & Pitch Bore is the diameter measurement of the cylinders in a piston engine. Engine displacement is calculated by: Bore pitch is the distance between the ...

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  • Cylinder Compression Test

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    Cylinder Compression Test

    Car Engine Cylinder Compression Test Engine Cylinder Compression Gauge An engine depends on an equal amount of compression in each cylinder to operate smoothly. If poor ...

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