Flashcards: Internal combustion engine

A cylinder is the central working part of a reciprocating engine or pump, the space in which a piston travels.

An ignition system generates a spark or heats an electrode to a high temperature to ignite a fuel-air mixture in spark ignition internal combustion engines oil-fired and gas-fired boilers, rocket engines, etc.

The Mercedes-Benz OM642 engine is a 3.

Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement of power (the rate at which work is done).

Engine configuration is an engineering term for the layout of the major components of a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine.

Exhaust gas or flue gas is emitted as a result of the combustion of fuels such as natural gas, gasoline, petrol, biodiesel blends, diesel fuel, fuel oil, or coal.

A crankshaft—related to crank—is a mechanical part able to perform a conversion between reciprocating motion and rotational motion.

A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the crankshaft in two banks of three cylinders, usually set at either a 60 or 90 degree angle to each other.

Rocker covers are covers that are bolted on over rocker arms in an internal combustion engine.

A starter (also self starter, self, or starter motor) is an electric motor, pneumatic motor, hydraulic motor, an internal-combustion engine in case of very large engines or other device used for rotating an internal-combustion engine so as to initiate the engine's operation under its own power.

A reciprocating engine, also often known as a piston engine, is a heat engine (usually, although there are also pneumatic and hydraulic reciprocating engines) that uses one or more reciprocating pistons to convert pressure into a rotating motion.

A catalytic converter is an emissions control device that converts toxic gases and pollutants in exhaust gas to less toxic pollutants by catalyzing a redox reaction (an oxidation and a reduction reaction).

The Mercedes-Benz M273 engine is a V8 automobile piston engine family used in the 2000s (decade).

Volkswagen's VR6 engines, and the later VR5 variants, are a family of internal combustion engines, characterised by a narrow-angle (10.5° or 15°) V engine configuration.

A camshaft is a shaft to which a cam is fastened or of which a cam forms an integral part.

The diesel engine (correctly known as a compression-ignition or CI engine) is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel that has been injected into the combustion chamber is caused by the high temperature which a gas achieves (i.e. the air) when greatly compressed (adiabatic compression).

A four-stroke engine (also known as four cycle) is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning a crankshaft.

The Mercedes-Benz M276 engine is a direct injected, V6 gasoline automotive piston engine.

Spark plugs may also be used for other purposes; in Saab Direct Ignition when they are not firing, spark plugs are used to measure ionization in the cylinders – this ionic current measurement is used to replace the ordinary cam phase sensor, knock sensor and misfire measurement function.

The Mercedes-Benz OM654 is a family of inline-four cylinder Diesel automobile engines introduced by Mercedes-Benz in 2016.

A supercharger is an air compressor that increases the pressure or density of air supplied to an internal combustion engine.

A muffler (silencer in many non-US English speaking countries) is a device for decreasing the amount of noise emitted by the exhaust of an internal combustion engine.

The Mercedes-Benz OM611 engine is a straight-4 diesel engine that is produced by Mercedes-Benz.

(This article is about existing engine designs. For the quite different concept proposed by Frank Stelzer, see Stelzer engine.)(Not to be confused with the boxer, or flat engine.) An opposed-piston engine is a reciprocating internal combustion engine in which each cylinder has a piston at both ends, and no cylinder head.

The Mercedes-Benz OM629 engine is a 4.

The OM651 is a family of inline-four cylinder Diesel automobile engines introduced by Mercedes-Benz in 2008.

VANOS (abbr. from German variable Nockenwellensteuerung) is an automotive variable valve timing system produced by BMW.

A U engine is a piston engine made up of two separate straight engines (complete with separate crankshafts) joined by gears or chains.

The straight or inline engine is an internal-combustion engine with all cylinders aligned in one row and having no offset.

On-board diagnostics (OBD) is an automotive term referring to a vehicle's self-diagnostic and reporting capability.

A piston ring is a split ring that fits into a groove on the outer diameter of a piston in a reciprocating engine such as an internal combustion engine or steam engine.

The Mercedes-Benz M278 is a family of direct injected, Twin-Turbocharged, V8 gasoline automotive piston engines.

Fuel injection is the introduction of fuel in an internal combustion engine, most commonly automotive engines, by the means of an injector.

A petrol engine (known as a gasoline engine in American English) is an internal combustion engine with spark-ignition, designed to run on petrol (gasoline) and similar volatile fuels.

An antifreeze is an additive which lowers the freezing point of a water-based liquid.

Manifold vacuum, or engine vacuum in an internal combustion engine is the difference in air pressure between the engine's intake manifold and Earth's atmosphere.

The RB engine is a 2.

The Internal Fire – Museum of Power is a museum of internal combustion engines in West Wales.