Engine components

Engine components

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  • Tappet Hydraulic

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    Tappet Hydraulic

    Hydraulic tappet A hydraulic valve lifter, also known as a hydraulic tappet or a hydraulic lash adjuster, is a device for maintaining zero valve clearance in an internal combustio ...

  • Timing belt (camshaft)

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    Timing belt (camshaft)

    Camshaft Timing belt A timing belt or timing chain is a part of an internal combustion engine that synchronizes the rotation of the crankshaft and the camshaft(s) so that the engi ...

  • Timing mark

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    Timing mark

    Timing mark A timing mark is an indicator used for setting the timing of the ignition system of an engine, typically found on the crankshaft pulley (as pictured) or the flywheel, ...

  • Timing Roller Chain

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    Timing Roller Chain

    Timing Roller Chain Roller chain or bush roller chain is the type of chain drive most commonly used for transmission of mechanical power on many kinds of domestic, industrial and ...

  • Top Dead centre (TDC)

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    Top Dead centre (TDC)

    Top Dead centre (TDC) In a reciprocating engine, the dead centre is the position of a piston in which it is farthest from, or nearest to, the crankshaft. The former is known as to ...

  • Valve (Poppet)

    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 a ...

  • 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 breath ...

  • 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 eng ...

  • 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 switc ...

  • 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 perfo ...

  • 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. A ...

  • 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 t ...

  • Vee belts

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    Vee belts

    Vee belts Vee belts (also known as V-belt or wedge rope) solved the slippage and alignment problem. It is now the basic belt for power transmission. They provide the best combinat ...

  • Viscous Fan clutch

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    Viscous Fan clutch

    Viscous Fan clutch A fan clutch is a thermostatic device that exists as an integral component of certain automotive cooling systems. Function When the engine is cool or even at no ...

  • Water Injection

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    Water Injection

    Water injection In internal combustion engines, water injection, also known as anti-detonant injection, is spraying water into the cylinder or incoming fuel-air mixture to cool th ...

  • Water Pump

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    Water Pump

    Water Pump Works and replacement A water pump is used to circulate coolant throughout the engine block,cooling and heater systems. The water pump is driven by the engine viaserpen ...

  • Welch plug

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    Welch plug

    Engine Welch plug The Welch plug,(misnomer: Welsh Plugs), is a thin, domed, disc of ferrous metal which is pushed, convex side out, into against an internal shoulder in the castin ...

  • Wet sump

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    Wet sump

    Automobile wet sump A wet sump is a lubricating oil management design for piston engines which uses the crankcase as a built-in reservoir for oil, as opposed to an external or sec ...