Four-Stroke Engine Vocabulary

Front

space in which a piston travels

Back

cylinder

Front

component in an engine which moves up and down due to pressure

Back

piston

Front

turns reciprocating motion of the piston into rotating motion

Back

crankshaft

Front

bearing on which the crankshaft rotates

Back

journal

Front

device which mixes air and fuel

Back

carburetor

Front

regulates the opening and closing of valves during each stroke

Back

camshaft

Front

device used to ignite the fuel mixture by means of a spark

Back

spark-plug

Front

process of getting fuel and air required for combustion

Back

intake

Front

compression of air/fuel mixture in the cylinder

Back

compression

Front

ignition of air/fuel mixture

Back

power