Engine Terminology
The ignition system of a diesel engine.
What is Compression?
RPM
What is Revolution Per Minute?
This piston has a clearance window for the crankshaft counter balance weight.
What is a Slipper Skirt?
The rating for the level of filtration in a fuel filter.
What is the Micron rating?
The engine with a non removable cylinder.
What is a Parent Bore block?
The section of the engine block housing the crankshaft.
What is the crankcase?
TDC
What is Top Dead Center?
The part of the piston is subjected to high pressure and high heat.
What is the Crown?
A device that removes moisture form the fuel.
What is a Fuel-water Separator?
The block liner only partially in contact with coolant.
What is a Mid-stop Liner?
A fuel delivery system that uses a pre ignition chamber formed in the cylinder head using a pintle nozzle.
What is Indirect Injection (IDI)?
ULSD
What is Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel?
The piston design consisting of two pieces.
What is an Articulating Piston?
The device that controls fueling to the engine based on load and rpm demands.
What is a Governor?
The angle in which V-8 cylinders banks are arranged.
What is 90 Degrees?
The compression ratio most commonly used by on-highway DI engines.
What is 16:1?
HEUI
What is Hydraulic-(actuated) Electronic- (controlled) Unit Injector?
The bottom most ring.
What is Oil Control Ring?
The difference in time between injection and ignition.
What is Injection Lag?
The component at locks the valve stem to the valve retainer.
What are the valve keepers?
The name of this process is sometimes call the five-stroke engine.
What is the miller Cycle?
BOI
What is the Beginning Of Injection?
The component that allows the crankshaft to move the piston.
What is a Connecting Rod?
The process of braking up liquid fuel into fine mist.
What is Atomization?
This component spins at 1/2 of the crankshaft speed.
What is the Camshaft?