Automotive Engine Questions



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Engine configuration

1. What is meant by engine configuration?

2. What is the advantage of an in line engine.

3. What are two advantages of a V type engine?

4. What is the advantage of a rotary engine?

Carburetion

5. What is the purpose of a carburetor in a carbureted fuel system?

Gasoline fuel injection

6. What part sprays the fuel in an EFI system?

7. What are the names of the two types of fuel injection systems?

Diesel fuel injection

8. What is the purpose of sedimenter?

9. What part supplies high-pressure fuel to the injectors?

10. What part controls engine speed?

Charging

11. List the five basic parts of the charging system.

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12. Where is the voltage regulator often located?

13. What are two purposes of the alternator?

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Starting

14. List the five basic parts of a starting system.

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15. What is the first thing the starter does before turning over the engine?

16. Why are starter cables the thickest wires on the car?

Ignition

17. What are two purposes of the ignition system?

18. What part increases the voltage supplied by the battery?

19. Which circuit is higher voltage - primary or secondary?

20. List the names of the three types of ignition systems.

Cast iron Engine Block

21. What does the upper part of the engine block carry?

22. What is the name of the lower part of engine block?

23. What stops the cylinders from becoming solid metal during the casting process?

24. What is the purpose of core plugs?

Aluminum engine block

25. What is the advantage on aluminum engine block over cast iron?

26. What is the purpose of steel cylinder liners in aluminum engine blocks?

27. What two ways are air cooled cylinders different from liquid cooled cylinders?

Cylinder heads

28. What is an advantage of aluminum over cast iron other than being lighter?

29. What is the purpose of including swirl or turbulence in a cylinder head design?

30. What are three advantages of the hemispherical head design?

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31. What is a disadvantage of the hemispherical head design?

32. How are the valves mounted in the wedge head design?

33. What are two advantages of the wedge head design?

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34. What is an advantage of small intake and exhaust passages and ports?

35. What is an advantage of large intake and exhaust passages and ports?

36. What is the difference between the counter flow and cross flow head?

Gaskets

37. What is the purpose of a gasket?

38. List four soft non metal materials that gaskets may be made of.

39. What three things do head gaskets seal?

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40. What is one job that a gasket may do other than seal?

41. What two times are oil seals replaced?

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