Engine components
Crankshaft - Bearings - displacement - Firing orders- Glowplugs - Head Gasket
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Heater Explained
RegisteredHow 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 ...
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How a cam works
RegisteredHow 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 ...
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how car engine works?
RegisteredBasics 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 ...
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Hydrolock
RegisteredEngine 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 ...
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ignitor Hot tube
RegisteredHot-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 ...
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Injection Common rail
RegisteredCommon 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 ...
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Internal combustion engine cooling
RegisteredAutomotive 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 ...
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Main 4-bolt
Registered4-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 ...
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Main 6-bolt
Registered6-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 ...
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Multi groove belt
RegisteredMulti-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 ...
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Oil filter Types
RegisteredEngine 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 ...
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Oil pressure
RegisteredOil 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 ...
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Oil pump
RegisteredOil 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 ...
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Overhead valve (OHV)
RegisteredOverhead 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 ...
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Piston explained
RegisteredCar Piston types Car Piston assembly A piston is a component of reciprocating engines, reciprocating pumps, gas compressors and pneumatic cylinders, among other similar mechanisms ...
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