Car+Engine+Workshop

=**The Car Engine Workshop**=

Students have the chance to work it all out! Watch this page to track our discoveries...
=Here's our engine:=
 * ====[[image:P1180907.JPG width="431" height="301"]]==== || =The engine=

On the left is the flywheel and clutch plate assembly.
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 * [[image:P1180910-1.JPG width="327" height="426" align="center"]]

** Back view: The flywheel and clutch plate end **
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**Front view: The cooling fan and radiator (missing) end**
|| ThfeFirst we took off the air filter

First we removed the air cleaner:

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Next we unbolted the rocker arm cover to view the valve train underneath:

 * [[image:P1180952-4.JPG]] || ====The valve train's only job is that of a traffic cop.====

chamber in the cylinders underneath.
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The Timing Chain

 * [[image:P1180962.JPG]] ||< ====The timing belt links the camshaft to the crankshaft.====

This would result in a **BIG** problem!
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The Distributor

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The leads have been removed to show the spark plugs (right).

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electricity to one of the spark plugs.
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See how it works **[|here]**
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The Clutch Plate

 * [[image:P1180910-2.JPG]] || ====In a car a flywheel ( the toothed wheel you can see in the photo) is connected====

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How a clutch works **[|here]**

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the clutch is pressed down.
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makes them spin at the same speed.
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when the clutch is engaged.
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The Alternator

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Older units, like this one, have fan blades for cooling on the rotor shaft behind the pulley.
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The Camshaft

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the valves open and close in sequence at different times. Springs on the valves return them to their closed position.
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