CONNECTING
ROD
COMPONENTS
VALVE ROD
ROCKER ARM
CRANK SHAFT
COMPONENTS
Camshaft
THE CHRONOLOGY
INTAKE(INDUCTION) STROKE
FIGURE 3
POWER STROKE
The sparking plug
(spark plug) then
fires (an electrical
discharge) and
the compressed
mixture explodes
(by contrast,
diesel engines
use the heat of
compression to
ignite the
mixture). This
explosion drives
the piston
downwards
FIGURE 4 FIGURE 5
EXHAUST STROKE
FIGURE 6
ANIMATION
ANIMATION SYSTEM
COMMON PROBLEM