Engine Classification according to Fuel Used Gasoline Engine uses gasoline as fuel. Diesel Engine uses crude oil as fuel. Engine Classification according to Method of Cooling Indirect Cooling System usually called water engine. Direct Cooling System usually called air cooled engine. Engine Classification according to Cylinder Arrangement Vertical or Inline Engine has cylinders have vertical center lines arrange one after the other. Horizontal Engine has engine with horizontal center line of cylinders. V Type Engine has engine block or cylinders resembles a letter V shape. Radial Engine has cylinders arranged in radial manner. Engine Classification according to Valve Arrangement T Head Arrangement has valves arranged in both side of cylinder block. All intake valves in one side all exhaust on the other side. L Head Engine has intake and exhaust valves arrange in one side of cylinder block. F Head Engine have intake valves in the cylinder head and exhaust valves on one side of cylinder block. I Head Engine has all intake and exhaust valves located in the cylinder head block.
Yes they do exist. You can check this out in BMW 3 series convertibles for instance, they have 6 cylinder petrol engines. They either come in a straight line arrangement or v6 arrangement. Some of the v6 engine cars were built as far back as 1905.
In a 2005 Mazda 3, the number 1 cylinder is located at the front of the engine, on the driver's side. This arrangement follows the conventional numbering system used in most inline four-cylinder engines, where the cylinders are numbered from front to back. For the Mazda 3's 2.0L or 2.3L engines, the number 1 cylinder is the first cylinder closest to the radiator.
No ( according to Gates , they manufacture timing belts etc . ) Neither the 1.8 L or 1.9 L 4 cylinder engines are interference engines in a 1991 Mercury Tracer
A car engine can be classified based on the number of cylinders it has. It could be a 4 cylinder, 6 cylinder, 8 cylinder, 10 cylinder, or 12 cylinder (the last two engines are mainly used in exotic cars). There are also rotary engines, electric engines, natural gas engines and hybrid (electric/gas) engines. Each of these has subcategories as in the most common piston engines listed above.
The C classification of oil is for diesel engines.
The five cylinder engines, that is to say the 130ps & 174ps engines are gear driven. No cam belt or chain exists. There is a requirement to replace the 'Gates Couplings' at 80,000 miles on these unconventional engines. The four cylinder engines (85ps, 102ps and 104ps) have the standard cam belt (timing belt) arrangement. The change for those is due at 60,000 miles or four years. For more information on these vans search for 'brick-yard' ;-)
Not all 4 cylinder engines are interference. When the timing belt breaks in an interference engine the valves can cause serious damage.
Both the four cylinder and six cylinder engines are non-interference so if the timing belt breaks there will be no damage to the valves. The 1993-2001 four cylinder engines all use the same block and heads as do the six cylinder engines.
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BMW developing a new family of 3-cylinder turbo engines that will go into the next-generation MINI
As far as I know the Ford Taurus has always had one of the 6 cylinder engines ( unless it was a Taurus SHO , some years had V8 engines ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I stand corrected , according to Consumer Guide there was a 4 cylinder engine available in some Ford Taurus models until the 1991 model year