Engine construction
Name used to describe an engines bottom end.
What is a short block assembly?
This part mounted to the front of the engine, helps to balance the engine rotating assembly.
What is a Harmonic balancer or crank damper?
The Amount of compression rings typically used on a piston.
What is two compression rings.
This component connects the piston to the connecting rod.
What is a piston pin or wrist pin?
Passage in the cylinder head that allow air and fuel or exhaust to flow.
What is a port?
Name of the component that is responsible for opening the valves. Has offset egg shaped lobes.
What is a camshaft ?
One of two components that could be faulty if A technician experiences large clouds of white smoke and a sweet burning smell.
What is a Leaking Head gasket or Cracked cylinder Head?
The amount of movements made on a typical gasoline powered engine to operate.
What is 4 stroke or 4 cycle
Position of the piston all the way down
what is BDC (Bottom Dead center)
Responsible for closing a valve.
What is a valve spring?
Passages in an intake manifold that may allow air a fuel to flow to the cylinder head ports.
What are Intake runners?
Markings on a cylinder wall that aid in lubricating the piston skirt when it travels up and down.
What are cross hatches?
What angle are they?
The amount of revolutions the camshaft spins in relation to the Crankshaft.
What is 1 cam revolution per 2 crankshaft?
These parts seal the area/clearance between the outside of the piston and the cylinder wall.
What are piston rings?
Area in the cylinder head that is above the piston when its at TDC.
What is a Combustion chamber?
This type of engine does not use a rotating and reciprocating design.
What is a Rotary or Wankel engine?
Engine operation is smoothed by the large_____________mounted on the front of the crank shaft.
What is a flywheel?
One of each is required to allow a cylinder to "breathe in and out".
What is one intake and one exhaust valve per cylinder?
Which is the larger of the 2 valves?
Connects an engine to the transmission, smooths engine operation and contains a gear used for starting.
What is a Flywheel or flexplate?
A machined surface on a valve that seals against the valve seat to close an intake or exhaust port.
What is a valve face?
Component designed to transfer oil from the sump(oil pan) to the oil pump.
What is an oil pick up tube.
Located in the cylinder head, This component is helps to prevent oil consumption by not allowing oil to enter the combustion chamber by way of the valve guides.
What is a valve seal?
The area of a cylinders stroke volume 450cc and combustion chamber volume 50cc in relation to the combustion chamber volume. Hint Do the math!
What is 10:1 ratio?
component that synchronizes a crankshaft and a camshaft.
What is a Timing belt or chain.
A pivot mechanism that transfers motion to aid in valve operation.
What is a rocker arm?