Engine components

Engine components

Crankshaft - Bearings - displacement - Firing orders- Glowplugs - Head Gasket

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  • Heater Explained

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    Heater Explained

    How a Car Heater Works Typical Car heater system Before trying to fix your car's heater, you should understand how your car heater system works. On this page, an explanation of ho ...

  • How a cam works

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    How a cam works

    How a engine cam works A cam is a rotating or sliding piece in a mechanical linkage used especially in transforming rotary motion into linear motion or vice-versa. It is often a p ...

  • how car engine works?

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    Basics how a car engine works The car engine is an internal combustion engine, of which there are a number of various types including diesel engine, gasoline engine, rotary engine ...

  • Hydrolock

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    Hydrolock

    Engine Hydrolock Explained Hydrolock (a shorthand notation for hydrostatic lock) is an abnormal condition of any device which is designed to compress a gas by mechanically restrai ...

  • ignitor Hot tube

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    ignitor Hot tube

    Hot-tube ignitor A hot-tube ignitor was an early device that fit onto the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine, used to ignite the compressed fuel/air mixture by means o ...

  • Injection Common rail

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    Injection Common rail

    Common rail direct fuel injection Common rail direct fuel injection is a modern variant of direct fuel injection system for petrol and diesel engines. On diesel engines, it featur ...

  • Internal combustion engine cooling

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    Internal combustion engine cooling

    Automotive engine cooling Internal combustion engine cooling refers to the cooling of an internal combustion engine, typically using either air or a liquid. Overview Heat engines ...

  • Main 4-bolt

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    Main 4-bolt

    4-bolt main Explained A 4-bolt main refers to the number of bolts attaching the main bearing caps to the block of an internal combustion engine. Four bolt mains are considered muc ...

  • Main 6-bolt

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    Main 6-bolt

    6-bolt main engine 6-bolt main refers to the number of bolts holding the main caps to the block of an internal combustion engine, and therefore holding the crankshaft in place. A ...

  • Multi groove belt

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    Multi groove belt

    Multi-groove belts A multi-groove or polygroove belt is made up of usually 5 or 6 "V" shapes alongside each other. This gives a thinner belt for the same drive surface, thus it is ...

  • Oil filter Types

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    Oil filter Types

    Engine Oil filter Types An oil filter is a filter designed to remove contaminants from engine oil, transmission oil, lubricating oil, or hydraulic oil. Oil filters are used in man ...

  • Oil pressure

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    Oil pressure

    Oil pressure Oil pressure is an important factor in the longevity of most internal combustion engines. With a forced lubrication system (invented by Frederick Lanchester), oil is ...

  • Oil pump

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    Oil pump

    Oil pump The oil pump in an internal combustion engine circulates engine oil under pressure to the rotating bearings, the sliding pistons and the camshaft of the engine. This lubr ...

  • Overhead valve (OHV)

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    Overhead valve (OHV)

    Overhead valve (OHV) Oldsmobile Rocket V8 engine An overhead (OHV) engine, also informally called pushrod engine or I-head engine, is a type of piston engine that places the camsh ...

  • Piston explained

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    Piston explained

    Car Piston types Car Piston assembly A piston is a component of reciprocating engines, reciprocating pumps, gas compressors and pneumatic cylinders, among other similar mechanisms ...