Engine Guide

Engine Guide

Engine types and components. Guides, service and repairs.

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Cylinder head

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    Cylinder head In an internal combustion engine, the cylinder head (often informally abbreviated to just head) sits above the cylinders on top of the cylinder block. It closes in ...

  • Cylinder head porting

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    Car Cylinder head porting explained Cylinder head porting refers to the process of modifying the intake and exhaust ports of an internal combustion engine to improve the quality ...

  • Cylinder head Reverse-flow

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    Cylinder head Reverse-flow

    Engine Reverse-flow cylinder head In engine technology, a reverse-flow or non-crossflow cylinder head is one that locates the intake and exhaust ports on the same side of the ...

  • Desmodromic Valve

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    Desmodromic Valve

    Desmodromic valve A desmodromic valve is a reciprocating engine valve that is positively closed by a cam and leverage system, rather than by a more conventional spring. The ...

  • Dry Sump

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    Dry Sump

    Engine Dry Sump A dry sump is a lubricating motor oil management method for four-stroke and large two-stroke piston internal combustion engines that uses external pumps and a ...

  • Elsbett engine

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    Elsbett engine

    Elsbett Vegetable oil engine The Elsbett engine is a design of diesel engine designed to run on vegetable oil. It's also known as Elko engine and was invented by Ludwig Elsbett. ...

  • Engine balance

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    Engine balance Engine balance refers to the inherent motions of the components of an engine, such as an internal combustion engine, and the engineering solutions used to minimise ...

  • Engine Blueprinting

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    Engine Blueprinting

    Engine Blueprinting Engine blueprinting means specifically to create an engine that reflects the design intent through the removal of manufacturing tolerances insofar as that is ...

  • Engine configurations explained

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    Engine configurations explained

    Engine configuration Explained Engine configuration is an engineering term for the layout of the major components of a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine. These ...

  • Engine displacement

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    Engine displacement explained One complete cycle of a four-cylinder, four-stroke engine. The volume displaced is marked in red. Engine displacement is the volume swept by all the ...

  • Engine knocking (Pinking)

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    Engine knocking (Pinking)

    Car Engine knocking (Pinking) explained Knocking (also called knock, detonation, spark knock, pinging or pinking) in spark-ignition internal combustion engines occurs when ...

  • Engine Oil & Filter How to Change

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    Engine Oil & Filter How to Change

    How to Change car Engine Oil and Filter Typical car filter and oil plug location Normal oil and oil filter change service is mandatory forlong engine life. Today's engines have ...

  • Engine Oil Leaks

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    Engine Oil Leaks

    Car Engine Oil Leaks Any engine oil leak is not normal, when you notice oil underneath your car it means an engine oil leak has developed. Inside the engine there are two states ...

  • Engine Oil Pressure High or Low

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    Engine Oil Pressure High or Low

    High or Low Engine Oil Pressure The oil in your engine is used to cool and lubricate the bearings and machined surfaces of the internal moving parts. Without oil and oil pressure ...

  • Engine Overheating or Runs Hot

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    Engine Overheating or Runs Hot

    Engine Overheating or Runs Hot help Engine Overheating Repair Inside your car's engine, thousands of controlled explosions called combustion events occur. These explosions are ...