The internal combustion engine is an amazing feat of engineering: can you believe that a tiny amount of gasoline will create such an incredible amount of power? Automotive motors drive our personal lives, businesses, and economies, so it is pretty important that you know how they work, just in case you wind up stranded somewhere with a bad spark plug wire.
Engine Parts
To put it simply, automotive engines use timed explosions inside cylinders. These create extreme amounts of pressure, which moves moves the pistons outward inside the cylinders. These pistons move to turn the crankshaft, which converts the updown motion of the pistons to the circular motion that ends up turning the wheels of the car. Here is an overview of some of the main parts of this machine.
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* The '''spark plug''' creates a tiny spark in each cylinder. If you have a four cylinder engine you have four spark plugs, and if you have a V8 engine you have eight.
* The '''fuel injector''' sprays the gasoline into the combustion chamber of the cylinder. When the spark of the spark plug and the fuel meet, a powerful explosion occurs.
* The '''connecting''' rod connects the piston to the crankshaft. The crankshaft sits in the sump. It is in a sort of bath of oil. As the crankshaft rotates it splashes oil on all of the mechanical parts to reduce friction and heat.
* A '''camshaft''' opens and closes the valves in a timely manner so that air can flow in to mix with the gasoline and spark to fuel the explosion. One valve lets in cool air, the other valve opens so that the exhaust can escape. This process repeats rapidly over and over again.
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