What are Some Different Components of an Automobile Engine?

I should have read and absorbed the content of this article a long time ago. Maybe by now, I can claim that I'm more confident of all stuff i am putting in my articles, especially those concerning automobile engine activities and cycles. But, anyhow, im putting this wisegeek article for my fellow auto parts writers. Here, read and absorb this article too so you'd be more effective in writing stuff about engine, its parts and essentials:


The make up of an automobile engine varies based on the expected performance. For example, a greater number of cylinders are required for more power and highly tuned parts made to withstand greater heat are required for heightened speed. An automobile engine made for a truck or SUV requires more power than an engine made for use in a small car or minivan.

Within an automobile engine, you will find cylinders. Within each cylinder is a piston. The piston cycles up and down opening and closing the intake valve. In small engines, there is often just one cylinder, while in larger equipment or vehicles, there can be many more. The range for a common automobile engine runs from four cylinder to eight cylinder, with six cylinders being a commonly used construction. When you hear someone say a car is a V6 or a “six banger” that means it is a six cylinder engine.

As the piston moves downward, fuel and air are combined and pulled into the combustion chamber via the intake valves. When the piston changes course, the valve closes. This leads to increased temperature and pressure of the fuel and air mixture. The piston rings create a seal between the piston and the cylinder, which helps keep the fuel and air mixture from leaking.

Then another part takes its turn. The spark plugs give off a spark, which in turn causes the air and fuel mixture to begin burning. The heat generated by this process causes the mixture to expand, which pushes the piston back down, generating power. Now, the piston must continue its cycle, working its way back up.

During the upward movement, the exhaust valve rather than the intake valve will now open, releasing air and fuel that has not been burned. This mixture will make its way through the engine, to the manifold, and will ultimately be expelled through the exhaust pipe. This process repeats as long as the automobile engine is running.

The cylinder, the piston, piston rings, the intake valve or valves, combustion chamber, spark plugs, exhaust valve, and the exhaust manifold are all basic components. The automobile engine, while innovative and useful, is based on simple parts and processes that work together, essentially to turn fuel into energy. What is described here is the way an automobile engine works with a common four-stroke cycle.

article above sourced from: www.wisegeek.com

me working in an automotive online parts store? who got me kidding?

Hate those out-of-this-world-kws! I am not a true blue automotive enthusiast, but look where I am! I am hired and have worked since late 2005 until for a backbone company of an auto parts online store based in the United States. But strangely enough, I don't even have enough knowledge about the million parts you would find in a car. That may be an underrated statement, but all my knowledge about these stuff came from research, research, and research only. I don't have firsthand knowledge about them. I don't get to see most of these car parts I am writing about with my own very eyes. I don't even own and drive a car...

So, why am I writing stuff about car parts? What am I doing?

Is there anybody out there who knows how many battery cable ends are there in a car??? or how many cable ends are there in each battery cable??

See... I don't even know and can't find an answer to these two very simple questions! Nah, researching is time consuming...

So, what is my best resort to find the answer?

*sob**sob* I don't think I am an effective writer for car parts and stuff...:(

more moolah, more responsibilities...

The last time, i posted about the salary increase i recently received. 'twas all about the blessing and how much millions 'twas worth thanking for. sure, i's thankful enough for that moolah! but what didn't hit me was, the thing that i was supposed to sacrifice in return of the little moneki i got. i was so full with excited nerves and cells all trapped up in my brain, all bcoz of the blessings (ohryt, more money!), that i didn't realize am being stupid to forgot that in every lil good thing, there is a price. and that price in this case, is... of course! everybody in the room know the answer! -- work, work, and more work! what else!

yes, i know i really gotta work in return of the pay (with the added hefty increase of course!). it was what am here for, in the first place. But because my brain was so busy sending my body messages about that monetary stuff, only monetary pleasures and nothin' else, i got all so wrapped up with all these stuff that i only realized now that the new tasks were going to be this, nosebleeding! yeeeyyy!!!!

so what does this mean? it is going to be the end of my "lax" times here in front of my pc. it is going to be the end of my endless hopping from one website to another website to read and read and read. it is going to be the end of my frequent browsing and sometimes online shopping at ebay. and, of course, it is going to be the end of more napping times! *sigh* sometimes, you really gotta be a little mature enough to learn that you should not have these good things because you are supposedly working your ass off to give them what they've paid you for. (but are we really paid enough? was merely askin, boss!)and yes, i admit it. i've been very lax here at the office that i thought i kinda overused their resources and stuff so much so that i still can't get used to working like this too demanding a work/task. you say i've been abusive? pardon me pardon me... im trying to change those lazy habits. give me that right. and anyway, i believe most of us here have been abusive of their positions. korek, mga peeps?Ü

well, i still can do that reading and reading and reading stuff. but only this time, it gotta be websites about aftermarket brand parts, their specs, functions, etc... etc... another, yeeeeeyyyy!!!! these days, there is so much to learn about all these car parts i've no idea where on earth did they come from. funny. i've been writing stuff on all these auto parts you wouldn't think were in existence, yet am still not sure if i can point the exact things i've been researching and writing about for three years right under the hood of your car, or inside its wheels and tires.

yes, am that too booboo! hahhaha!!!

but, back to the stupidity or, okay, to say it a little harsher, memory deficiencies...:)

we, employees, who have just recently received hefty pay increases, must be working all our brain off to make creative, technical, and whatsoever, auto parts articles because that was what the increase is for... don't forget that with every additional pay, there is something you have to put more labor on... even if you think the increase is still -- KULANG! hahhahaha! peace to our bosses up there! but seriously, keep your brain informed that "with every monetary increase, there's gotta be responsibility in return."

aww, i gotta end this rant. i've been writing and writing nonsense here. and here i am, supposedly finishing the nosebleeding task and not complaining because im paid to work. but you see, i gotta blog this out! i gotta blog this out! like anybody else who has had enough of the keywords!


*im lifting my two thumbs up, y'all!*

Haven't started even a homepage...

Less than two weeks and I gotta submit the url of the project website as a subject course (CS 4.1 - Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver) requirement for the mid and final terms in school. Will I ever make it? Whew! I haven't started even the homepage of the site. I just wish I could manage well my time, so I can finish all the things I need to accomplish at the right time. But, well, I haven't mastered the art of time management. So, of course, I gotta cram yet again. Based on my experiences back in high school and my undergraduate-before-I-decided-to-stop-and-work-for-a-while-days, cramming is what I have mastered best. And now, I gotta use that little tactic and make sure the project is submitted on time.

Aja, JIRL!

salary, salary, salary... and increase!

I wasn't really expecting some things to pour in, but here I am, wondering how on earth did I get a little lucky from somewhere and receive something that I did not really ask for. Judging from the employee evaluation rating I recently got from my bosses, you wouldn't expect me to anticipate some more compensation (aka, salary raise).

It has been a while since I received hefty raise. And since I wasn't really performing well from the past 2 years (or so they believe), I had stopped dreaming of a bigger salary rate. Not that I am complaining with my old rate. It's more than enough for my current financial needs. **I will crave for bigger compensation in the next few years when my needs are bigger, but not now.**

Regarding my position here in the company, I guess that's another story. Some of my co-workers have been very vocal how much they wanted to see my position elevated too. True, I haven't done anything to improve my work status. But I guess, I got many things and issues to settle myself with that I wasn't able to pay particular attention to that one aspect of my life. It was something that I thought I don't need.

And although I admit I'd be very much happy (who wouldn't?) if they'd finally notice my capacity and worth, it was originally not my goal that I be elevated from the current position I am holding. No, im not being a hyprocrite here... Or maybe, you don't believe me for saying that. But right now, it's just that I have other important things to achieve and I think embracing a higher degree of responsibility is something that i believe i can't handle right now. But still, who knows? Maybe in the next few months, I can but I still don't know... anyway, let's wait and see..

But going back to the salary raise issue, it was an achievement. For someone who always don't expect too much and just take the day as it is, getting a little over a grand pesoseses:) in a monthly basis in addition to how much I was receiving is something worth celebrating for. In fact, the day that Miss Mel told me how much I earned in the last six months for the rate increase is also one of the happiest days of my stay here in MBSTEK Corporation.

Well, what can I say? I guess, thank you, thank you, thank you! It may be little for some, but it is a blessing worth of millions thanking for. As for the status? Well, never mind for now... Just lemme enjoy my stay here...

So, anything else to say? Till the next hefty raise! Way to go, jirl! AJA!

Got a Website Project to finish for my CS 4.1 class

I'm currently at Lab A room of AUL, trying to create a website/program that we will have to submit for the midterm and final requirements. We are using Macromedia Flash version 8 and Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 to finish the site.

To those who do not know Macromedia, it is the software technology that allows you to build a website and upload it in the internet. You don't have to worry about the codes. They are all ready for you. All you have to do is to learn how to navigate and play with the elements, properties, designs, and others. Pictures to be used on the site can be sourced from your own picture folders, Photoshop folders, various websites, and others.

Right now, the project that we are assigned to do is to convert any children's book (like Grolier encyclopedia) into a website, complete with homepage, link/s for each page of the book, graphics, images, texts, and Flash videos we previously created for our subject activities.

Pray tell that I can do and finish this project website. I'm quite a busy person, with other obligations and responsibilities to accomplish in between, so finishing this task is quite a difficult thing to do. Anyhow, time management would be the key. So, keep time management in your head...alright, jirl?


Ok, ciao for now! Back to discovering Macromedia Dreamweaver.

Aja, jirl!

rants of a woman who feels only genuine love...

You looked inside my fantasies and made each one come true, something no one else had ever found a way to do. I've kept the memories one by one, since you took me in. I know I'll never love this way again. I know I'll never love this way again. So I keep holding on before the good is gone. I know I'll never love this way again...

CHOS!

Ok, ok! lyrics are below! kumanta na din kayo! hahhahaha


I'LL NEVER LOVE THIS WAY AGAIN
Originally Sung by Dionne Warwick but this is a version of the Asia's Songbird, Regine Velasquez

You looked inside my fantasies and made each one come true,
something no one else had ever found a way to do.
I've kept the mem'ries one by one, since you took me in;
and I know I'll never love this way again.

I know I'll never love this way again,
so I keep holdin' on before the good is gone.
I know I'll never love this way again,
hold on, hold on, hold on.


A fool will lose tomorrow reaching back for yesterday;
I won't turn my head in sorrow if you should go away.
I'll stand here and remember just how good it's been,
and I know I'll never love this way again.

I know I'll never love this way again,
so I keep holdin' on before the good is gone.
I know I'll never love this way again,
hold on, hold on, hold on.

I know I'll never love this way again,
so I keep holdin' on before the good is gone.
I know I'll never love this way again,
hold on, hold on.

PAG-IBIG! hehehehe