Engine Guide

Engine Guide

Engine types and components. Guides, service and repairs.

  • ignitor Hot tube

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    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 ...

  • Imperial to Metric Area Chart

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    Imperial to Metric Area Chart

    Imperial to Metric Area Chart Unit Relation to units of length Square feet Square rods Square miles Square metres Hectares Notes perch 1 rod × 1 rod 272.25 1 1/102400 25.29285264 ...

  • Imperial to Metric Length Chart.

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    Imperial to Metric Length Chart.

    Imperial to Metric Length Chart. Guide to convert Lengths, foot to meters, feet to miles . Table of length equivalent units Unit Relative to previous Feet Millimetres Metres ...

  • Imperial to Metric Mass & weight Chart

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    Imperial to Metric Mass & weight Chart

    Imperial to Metric Mass & weight Chart Imperial to Metric Mass & weight Chart conversion guide (stone,ounce,grams,Pounds) Unit Pounds grams kilograms Notes grain (gr) 1/7000 ...

  • Imperial to Metric Volume Chart

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    Imperial to Metric Volume Chart

    Imperial to Metric Volume Chart In 1824, the various different gallons in use in the British Empire were replaced by the imperial gallon, a unit close in volume to the ale ...

  • 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 ...

  • IOE engine

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    IOE engine

    IOE engine The intake/inlet over exhaust (IOE) engine, also known as F-head (in the USA) and pocket valve, is a valvetrain configuration used in early four-stroke internal ...

  • Long-bolt engine

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    Long-bolt engine A long-bolt or through-bolt engine is an internal combustion piston engine where, following usual practice, the cylinder head is held down by bolts or studs. ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Metric prefixes words Explained

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    Metric prefixes words Explained

    Metric prefixes words Explained Some you will be familiar with others not so, here we explain then all with examples of use. Yotta- Yotta is the largest unit prefix in the ...

  • More leverage with bolts nuts & screws

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    More leverage with bolts nuts & screws

    How to Get more leverage with bolts nuts & screws Use right Screwdriver For Job Get more. Leverage A nut,bolt or screw which was overtightened,rather than one that has rusted in ...

  • 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 ...

  • Naturally aspirated engine

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    Naturally aspirated engine A naturally aspirated engine is an internal combustion engine, in which fuel intake depends solely on atmospheric pressure. Description In a naturally ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Oil Technical Talk

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    Oil Technical Talk

    Oil Technical Talk Many motorists take the view that one oil is much the same as another, so why spend more than the minimum when purchasing? Well, although oils may look and ...