Four-Stroke Engine Vocabulary

space in which a piston travels

• power

• cylinder

• pre-ignition

• carburetor

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

• piston

• exhaust

• resonate

• cylinder

turns reciprocating motion of the piston into rotating motion

• exhaust valve

• intake

• journal

• crankshaft

bearing on which the crankshaft rotates

• intake valve

• spark plug

• journal

• intake

device which mixes air and fuel

• carburetor

• exhaust

• detonation

• spark-plug

regulates the opening and closing of valves during each stroke

• crankshaft

• power

• camshaft

• piston

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

• power

• journal

• intake valve

• spark-plug

process of getting fuel and air required for combustion

• exhaust valve

• detonate

• intake

• resonate

compression of air/fuel mixture in the cylinder

• carburetor

• compression

• camshaft

• piston

ignition of air/fuel mixture

• pre-ignition

• power

• exhaust valve

• cylinder