How a Car Engine Works

This post of mine will give you a detailed information about how an engine works. This video explains all the process involved in the functioning of an engine in an animated format. Have a look at the video..

The main ingredients of an internal combustion engine are air and fuel and the combustion of both the ingredients in a closely packed engine generates power which in turn runs the automobile.

An engine has following components:

• Cylinder Head: It is the top most part on an engine which holds the cylinders.
• Engine Block: It is the other half of an engine and whole process goes inside this block.

And the internal components are:

• Cylinders: This portion allows piston to move up and down.
• Crankshaft: This part gets rotated when the engine rotates and crankshaft delivers the power to the vehicle from engine.
• Connecting Roads: These rods are attached to the pistons and work as a connector between the crankshaft and the pistons.
• Pistons: Pistons goes up and down in the cylinders to produce power.
• Spark Plugs: They create sparks which in turn burn the fuel.
• Fuel Injectors: These pipes sprays out the fuel into the engine.
• Intake and exhaust valves:  Intake valves let the fuel enter the cylinder and exhaust valves let the exhaust gases out of the cylinders.
• Camshafts: This bar is responsible for the timely opening and closing of intake, exhaust valves.
• Timing Belt: This belts rotate the camshaft and crankshaft.