Four Stroke Engine Vocab

space in which a piston travels

• Piston

• Cylinder

• Crankshaft

• Camshaft

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

• Piston

• Cylinder

• Crankshaft

• Camshart

bearing on which the crankshaft rotates

• Crankshaft

• Camshaft

• Journal

• Piston

device which mixes air and fuel

• Piston

• Spark Plug

• Muffler

• Carburetor

regulates the opening and closing of valves during each stroke

• Valves

• Piston

• Camshaft

• Crankshaft

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

• Carburetor

• Spark Plug

• Power

• Flywheel

process of getting fuel and air required for combustion

• Intake

• Compression

• Power

• Exhaust

compression of air/fuel mixture in the cylinder

• Exhaust

• Power

• Compression

• Intake

ignition of air/fuel mixture

• Spark Plug

• Compression

• Power

• Exhaust

• Intake

release of the used air/fuel mixture

• Intake

• Compression

• Power

• Exhaust