De quoi est fait internal combustion engine
An engine in which fuel burns inside the cylinder (Otto’s four-stroke cycle).
- Piston — a pour partie. The burning mixture pushes the piston.
- Vilebrequin — a pour partie. The crankshaft turns the stroke of the pistons into rotation.
- Flywheel — a pour partie. The flywheel smooths out the engine’s strokes.
- Arbre à cames — a pour partie. The camshaft opens the engine’s valves.
- Valve — a pour partie. Valves let in the mixture and let out the gases.
- Cylindre — a pour partie. Combustion takes place in the cylinders.
- Carburateur — a pour partie. Petrol engines mixed fuel and air in a carburettor until the 1980s–90s; modern engines use fuel injection instead.
- Spark plug — a pour partie. A petrol engine ignites the mixture with a spark plug.
- Ignition coil — a pour partie. The coil supplies high voltage to the spark plugs.
- Radiator — a pour partie. The cooling system.
- Turbocharger — a pour partie. Forced induction.
- Silencer — a pour partie. A silencer.
- Starter motor — a pour partie. A starter.
- Calculateur moteur — a pour partie. An engine control unit.
- Petrol — utilise. The fuel of a petrol engine.
- Combustion — utilise. Fuel burns in the cylinder.