Engines+-+Pistons

=Piston Power in a Cutaway Engine= Can you tell a cam shaft from a con rod, a crank case from a head, or a cam follower from a valve? Discover the differences by assembling the 4-stroke engine on the table-garage in the Allen Centre. Easy step-by-step photos and a parts manual will turn you into a mechanic in no time at all...
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=__The Car Engine__=

Join in the Car Engine Workshop **click here**

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=Go further....= http://www.howstuffworks.com [|Animated Four Stroke Engines 1] [|Animated Two-Stroke Engines 2] || http://auto.howstuffworks.com [|How car engines work] || http://www.instructables.com [|Make a clockwork piston] Materials: clock parts and spent bullet shells ||
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[|Two Stroke Exhaust Pollution] How and Why? || media type="custom" key="4477084"

Dr Rudolph Diesel (1858 - 1913) - Now we're listening!
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Dr Rudolph Diesel was a 19th century pioneer of biofuels. He invented the diesel engine. His first engine pistons were driven by peanut oil. He reasoned that if he used peanut oil, farmers and small industries would be able to use it instead of the expensive steam engines used by large industries.

"The use of vegetable oil for engine fuels may seem insignificant today. But such oils may become as important as petroleum  and the coal tar products of the present time."

-//Rudolph Diesel, 1912// ||