Different types of cars
This type of car only requires that you put your foot on the break pedal in order to start the car.
What is an automatic car?
This stroke of an engine's cycle draws in a mixture of fuel and air into a cylinder through an intake valve.
What is the intake stroke?
This part of the car allows you to start it by provided power to the ignition system. It also allows you to play music and other accessories while the car is running. It can run out when the lights are left on while the car is turned off.
What is the battery?
This type of brake uses a clamping system to apply pressure to the outside parts of a spinning disk to slow down a car.
What is a disk brake?
This booklet contains key information about a vehicle's maintenance. Most of the time it is stored in a vehicle's glove box and tells the user when to change the oil, transmission fluid, various filters located throughout the vehicle, and how much air pressure should be kept in the tires for proper usage.
What is the owner's manual?
This type of car requires that you depress the break pedal and the clutch pedal while having the car in neutral in order to start it.
What is a manual car?
This stroke of an engine's cycle compresses the air and fuel mixture in the cylinder.
What is the compression stroke?
This part of the car distributes oil throughout the engine to keep it lubricated. It is run off the accessory belt located at the front of the engine.
What is an oil pump?
This type of brake is applied when a car is being parked. It's purpose is to prevent the car from rolling away if parked on a slight hill.
What is a parking brake?
This type of fluid should be changed every 5,000 - 6,000 miles in a vehicle. It provides the engine with proper lubrication and allows it to run smoothly and efficiently.
What is engine oil?
This type of truck doesn't use a spark plug to ignite the fuel and air mixture in the engine. Instead it uses compression to ignite the mixture causing the engine to run.
What is a diesel truck?
This stroke of an engine's cycle is where the fuel and air mixture are compressed, a spark is applied, and a subsequent small explosion occurs allowing the cylinder to move down and the engine to make power to move.
What is the power stroke?
This part of the car adds power back into the battery while the car is in motion. It also allows the user of the car to run the different electrical systems of the car while its running without using the electrical power of the battery.
What is an alternator?
This type of brake uses a drum to slow the car down by applying pressure to the inside of the drum through the use of brake shoes.
What is a drum brake?
This kind of liquid helps to keep the engine cool without overheating.
What is coolant?
This gear is primarily used for highway driving to allow the operator to have maximum speed with minimal fuel usage. It is designed to put less strain on the engine, provide better fuel usage, and is often a vehicle's highest gear.
What is overdrive?
This stroke of an engine's cycle allows the spent fuel and air mixture to exit out of the cylinder head and out of the engine through the exhaust.
What is the exhaust stroke?
This part of a car has several jobs in the ignition system. It monitors how much power is going to the spark plugs to ignite the air and fuel mixture in each cylinder. It also times when to send power to each spark plug to keep the engine in proper time.
What is the ignition distributor?
This type of fuel system uses a filter on top of the engine to mix air and fuel together before being put inside of the engine to provide power. This type of engine was made obsolete by the fuel injection system which instead injects both air and fuel into the engine providing greater mixing of the air and fuel ratio, greater performance, and better gas mileage.
What is a carburetor fuel system?
What is car wax?
This type of vehicle provides power to all 4 wheels instead of the typical front wheel drive system that provides power to the two front wheels and the rear wheel drive system that provides power to the rear wheels.
What is AWD or 4x4?
This type of engine goes through only 2 strokes as the power and exhaust stroke are combined as well as the intake and compression stroke. This type of engine has to have oil added to its fuel mixture to run smoothly and has limited power and fuel efficiency.
What is a 2 cycle Engine?
This part of an engine converts the motion of the pistons into rotation force to drive the tires. It is connected to the pistons at the bottom part of the engine.
What is a crankshaft?
This part of an engine determines when the air and fuel mixture enter into the engine and when it should leave. It is known for its many bumps on it that depress valves allowing the air and fuel mixture to flow into or out of the engine.
What is a camshaft?
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