small gas engines 2
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Small Engines
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Types of Engines
2 stroke engine 4 Stroke
Flat Head V Hemi Flat
Rotary
Rocket Diesel
2 stroke 4 stroke
Jet or Turbine
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Rocket Engine
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4 Stroke engine
Used inCarsSmall engines (lawn mowers, snow blowers,
ect)Motorcycles 4 Wheelers
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Parts of a 4 stroke engine
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Cylinder
The core of the engine is the cylinder. The piston moves up and down inside the cylinder. The engine described here has one cylinder. That is typical of most lawn mowers, but most cars have more than one cylinder (four, six and eight cylinders are common). In a multi-cylinder engine the cylinders usually are arranged in one of three ways: inline, V or flat (also known as horizontally opposed or boxer), as shown in the following figures.
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Spark Plug
The spark plug supplies the spark that ignites the air/fuel mixture so that combustion can occur. The spark must happen at just the right moment for things to work properly.
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Valves
The intake and exhaust valves open at the proper time to let in air and fuel and to let out exhaust. Note that both valves are closed during compression and combustion so that the combustion chamber is sealed.
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Piston
A piston is a cylindrical piece of metal that moves up and down inside the cylinder.
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Piston Rings
Piston rings provide a sliding seal between the outer edge of the piston and the inner edge of the cylinder. The rings serve two purposes:
They prevent the fuel/air mixture and exhaust in the combustion chamber from leaking into the sump during compression and combustion.
They keep oil in the sump from leaking into the combustion area, where it would be burned and lost.
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Combustion Chamber
The combustion chamber is the area where compression and combustion take place. As the piston moves up and down, you can see that the size of the combustion chamber changes. It has some maximum volume as well as a minimum volume. The difference between the maximum and minimum is called the displacement and is measured in liters or CCs (Cubic Centimeters, where 1,000 cubic centimeters equals a liter).
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Connecting Rod
The connecting rod connects the piston to the crankshaft. It can rotate at both ends so that its angle can change as the piston moves and the crankshaft rotates.
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Crank Shaft
The crank shaft turns the piston's up and down motion into circular motion just like a crank on a jack-in-the-box does.
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Sump
The sump surrounds the crankshaft. It contains some amount of oil, which collects in the bottom of the sump (the oil pan).
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Why do they call it a four stroke engine?
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Intake Stroke
The piston starts at the top, the intake valve opens, and the piston moves down to let the engine take in a cylinder-full of air and gasoline. This is the intake stroke. Only the tiniest drop of gasoline needs to be mixed into the air for this to work.
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Compression
Then the piston moves back up to compress this fuel/air mixture. Compression makes the explosion more powerful.
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Combustion
When the piston reaches the top of its stroke, the spark plug emits a spark to ignite the gasoline. The gasoline charge in the cylinder explodes, driving the piston down.
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Exhaust
Once the piston hits the bottom of its stroke, the exhaust valve opens and the exhaust leaves the cylinder to go out the tail pipe.
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How does the spark know when to let out a spark?
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Fuel System
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Sources
www.howstuffworks.com www.honda.com www.briggs&stratton.com www.kohlerengines.com