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Engines or Motors: Repair, Overhaul, and Diagnosis
Even though an engine is more complicated recently with computer controls and such, all internal combustion piston engines basically work the same way. Almost every car and truck engine is a four cycle piston engine, commonly known as a four stroke engine.
There are other types of engines: the Wankel is a rotary engine that Mazda still uses in the "RX" series, big truck diesels are often a two stroke piston engine (diesel), and SAAB once made a car with a two stroke gas engine. This article is just about four stroke engines.
A internal combustion piston engine burns a fuel and air mixture inside a cylinder. A piston inside this cylinder is forced to the bottom of the cylinder by the pressure of the burning fuel. The piston is attached to a connecting rod, which turns a crankshaft.
Here's a picture of a 350 CID Chevrolet cylinder head
On a gas engine IGNITION TIMING is the time the spark plugs fire relative to the position of the piston, or crankshaft.
Diesel engines don't have spark plugs, but they have INJECTION TIMING: the fuel must be injected into the cylinder at the right time or a diesel won't run!
VALVE TIMING is the time the valves open relative to the piston, or crankshaft.
Here's some images of Car Engines
A
ABS: Anti-Lock Brake Systems
ADVANCE: Car ignition timing
ALTERNATORS and Car Battery
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS
B
BAD CAR DESIGNS
Bad Drivers: How NOT to drive
BATTERIES: Auto, Car or Truck
BELTS AND HOSES
BEARINGS
BODY AND BUMPER REPAIRS
BRAKE REPAIRS: Car or Truck
C
Car Washing and Care
CARBURETORS:Car & Truck
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT
CLEANING: Engine Cleaning
CLUTCH REPAIRS: Car & Truck
COIL (IGNITION)
COMPRESSION: Car Engine
COMPUTER CAR CONTROLS
CRUISE CONTROL / LANE GUARD
CV JOINT OR CV AXLES
D
DISTRIBUTORS (IGNITION)
E
ELECTRIC WIRING REPAIR
ENGINES: Car & Truck
ENGINE CLEANING
EXPANSION PLUGS
F
FILTERS: OIL, AIR, ETC.
Flywheels, dual mass flywheels
FREEZE PLUGS
FUEL AIR MIXTURE
FUEL INJECTION: Car & Truck
FUEL PUMPS: Car & Truck
G
GAGES AND "IDIOT LIGHTS"
GASKETS AND SEALS
GLASS: WINDOWS AND WINDSHIELDS
H
HEADS & HEAD GASKET
HOSES AND BELTS
I
"IDIOT LIGHTS" AND GAGES
IGNITION COIL
IGNITION TIMING: Car & Truck
J
AUTO JACKS: lifting cars safely
K
L
LEAN "Car runs lean"
LIGHTS: WARNING OR "IDIOT LIGHTS"
Limp Home Mode
M
MIL Light
MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS
N
NO START: Car Won't Start
O
OIL CHANGES
OIL: What's right for your car?
OIL LIGHT ON OR GAGE LOW
P
PCV Valve
Q
R
RADIATORS: Car and Truck
RICH: Car runs rich
S
SEALS AND GASKETS
SELF DRIVING CARS / CRUISE
SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT
SPARK PLUGS
STARTERS: Auto, Truck
T
THERMOSTATS
TIMING: IGNITION TIMING
TIMING BELT & TIMING CHAIN
TIRE REPAIR
TRANSMISSIONS: AUTOMATIC
TRANSMISSIONS: MANUAL
U
V
VACUUM ADVANCE
WARNING LIGHTS OR "IDIOT LIGHTS"
Car Washing and Care
W
Washing and cleaning your car
WATER PUMP REPAIR
WINDOWS AND WINDSHIELDS
WIRING REPAIR
X
Y
Z
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