Sentences with phrase «combustion engine runs»

No automotive engineer would dream of debating whether the gasoline or the spark made the internal - combustion engine run, let alone which came first, the gasoline or the spark....

I am noticing a lot more road noise, but that might just be down to the fact that there's no internal combustion engine running right now to help drown that out.

Not exact matches

The hybrid GE is developing with the marine engineering firm C - MAR works something like the upcoming Chevy Volt car, which uses an electric motor as its primary drive and carries a small combustion engine to charge batteries that run low.

Had they not been run by crooks, chances are that the internal combustion engine would not have dominated the 20th century (see «How crooks stalled the rise of electric cars for 100 years»).

Battery - powered buses could have killed off the internal combustion engine long ago, if only the company making them hadn't been run by swindlers

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Faces from racing history — Alan Smith presents a fascinating collection of photographs of famous racing drivers and personalities of the 1940s / First journey in an internal combustion - engined car — A report on a centenary run to celebrate the first trip in Britain in such a vehicle / Restore your car's interior — with our special offer — A leather restoration kit and an interior restoration book form this months special offer — elusive to readers / 1939 BMW 327 — During the mid-1930s BMW set new standards with a range of fine touring cars.

Also you'll find the engine runs rough for a few seconds until the combustion process has got everything up to temperature, which isn't good for the engine long - term and produces a lot more emissions.

In the case of the diesel engine, petrol will run because it auto - ignites under the extreme pressures of the diesel combustion chamber.

Just as a note, the thermostat won't keep combustion gases from entering the cooling system, it just won't circulate the gases forward to the radiator, but rather just run them around inside the engine instead.

In most cars, yes the engine continues to rotate and the pistons go up and down in the cylinder bore due to combustion and the engine continuing to run.

Yes the air filter, if dirty makes the engine run rich (too much fuel too little air) which in turn can foul the plug resulting in a smaller spark.That causes the combustion process to be incomplete.What all this means is your 7hp engine makes 3hp.

Do I need to run the car without radiator (or reservoir) cap and wait until the engine gets hot enough so that the thermostat opens, because, otherwise, the thermostat may prevent combustion gases from entering the cooling system?

Essentially anywhere air could rapidly escape from the combustion chamber that wasn't intended when the engine was engineered and that creates an issue while it's running.

I've known Turner for years and first met him when he was at Lotus (he had two stints at the Norfolk company), where he worked on the Corvette ZR1 engine, Lotus's own V8 and numerous skunkworks projects, including a test engine nicknamed Omnivore for its ability to run on virtually any fuel, and an optical engine that allowed the combustion process to be observed through a transparent cylinder.

My guess is the switch to higher viscosity is not providing better protection but reduces the amount of oil lost in the combustion process.Because it is thicker less of it blows by into the exhaust.This indirectly lessens the time the engine is running with less than optimal oil volume.The potential down side is at lower ambient temps.the oil will take longer to circulate through the motor on a cold start.Also a slight decrease in mpg as stated as the engine works harder to move the thicker oil.Mixing viscosity won't cause any harm.My theory has always been that 5w30 with 1000 miles on it is no thicker than 5w20 with 0miles on it.

Integrated into this transmission is an electric motor that can drive the gearbox with the engine off for all - electric running, while a clutch separates it, so the combustion engine can power the car exclusively if needed, too.

The car runs on 100 octane fuel to avoid knocking and premature combustion issues as the high octane fuel requires higher heat / compression rate for the combustion and best used with the powerful turbocharged engines.

The electric motor has been adopted from the BMW i3 Concept and modified for use in the BMW i8 Concept's hybrid power train, where it is «tuned» to run with a smaller battery pack and in conjunction with an internal combustion engine.

The electric range of the concept allows the car to run for just 62 mph, although thanks to the vehicle's internal combustion engine, that range can be extended up to 600 km (373 miles)

The mechanical main pump, which ensures the oil supply to the electrohydraulically controlled automatic transmission when the internal combustion engine is running, is backed up by a separate electric auxiliary pump.

Because hybrid's marriage of regular combustion engine, electric motor and battery pack provides better fuel economy and lower running costs as well as cleaner air, everyone's a winner.

The ability to more precisely control combustion also enables the new engines to run with a higher compression ratio — 11.0:1 for the versions with regular fuel recommended.

This allows the desired interior climate to be maintained even when the internal combustion engine is not running — i.e. when the car is at a standstill, operating purely on electric power or in coasting mode.

When started, the A8 L e-tron quattro runs in the all - electric mode; the combustion engine cuts in automatically as the situation requires.

The controlled combustion feature enables the engine to run with higher compression ratio to deliver greater power and efficiency.

If the battery is almost run down and it's not in recharge mode, the Clarity functions as a hybrid, meaning the battery still retains 1 - 2 miles of juice for short EV bursts, or to reinforce the combustion engine power and kick fuel economy up to 42 mpg.

The volt uses a 1.4 - liter internal combustion engine that makes 83 horsepower and runs on premium fuel.

The Peugeot 208 offers low running costs across the range and includes the most efficient internal combustion engine in the world

The additional power reserves serve at the same time to give this unique saloon outstanding supremacy under all conditions, the reduction of engine speed at a steady level of road speed improving not only the standard of effi ciency, but also the running smoothness of the combustion engine.

The BMW ActiveHybrid 7 features an enhanced version of Brake Energy Regeneration already used in some current BMW models running on a combustion engine alone.

The Audi A1 Sportback concept can in principle run self - sufficiently, using mixed operation of the combustion engine and electric motor.

Under less dynamic driving conditions the drive power provided by the electric motor enables the combustion engine to run under more favourable load conditions for maximum effi ciency, thus optimising its operating qualities.

The spontaneous and direct response of BMW ActiveHybrid 7 to the gas pedal particularly when accelerating from a standstill gives the car a standard of acceleration quite unprecedented among both conventional models running on a combustion engine only and existing hybrid models already in the market.

The climate control system in BMW ActiveHybrid 7 is supplied with power directly from the high - voltage battery, thus ensuring all the usual functions regardless of whether the combustion engine is currently running or not.

Actually, most of the efficiency of the Skyactiv engine comes from how it manages to reduce intake charge / combustion temperature enabling it to run much higher compression ratio than other engines.

The Audi metroproject quattro can in principle run self - sufficiently, using mixed operation of the combustion engine and electric motor.

Featuring a high compression ratio of 12.5:1 the new engine can run on the Miller combustion cycle.

If the battery runs out, both the motors and combustion engine are used alternately in Hybrid mode, focusing on achieving maximum efficiency and drivability.

The car will also let the driver run just on the combustion engine if the EV mode is needed later in the trip.

The Honda system provides fuel efficiency gains principally through running a smaller - capacity internal - combustion engine and relying on the supplemental power from the electric motor to enhance performance, on those occasions when required.

[58] The Spirit with the Stirling engine was better suited to run at a constant power setting, in contrast to the internal combustion engine with its easy throttle regulation over a wide range.

If the battery pack is full, the Prius Prime starts up in EV mode — or you can push a dashboard button for hybrid mode and mostly run on combustion engine power.

Three running modes can be preselected via the electric drive unit: the AMG GT Concept either drives purely electrically or only with the combustion engine, or it combines both drive sources with one another as a hybrid.

Three operating modes are adjustable: the AMG GT Concept runs either purely electrically, only with the internal combustion engine, or as a hybrid with the power delivered by both drive sources.

Since 1999, most Honda hybrids have been partial or weak hybrids (definitely not Honda's term), meaning the hybrid motor runs only as a booster to the combustion engine.

Downspeeding: this reduces the running speed of the internal combustion engine by lengthening the gear ratios.

Said to be the world's first extended - range electric pickup truck, the VIA Motors VTrux eREV Silverado is capable of running some 40 miles in all - electric mode before switching on its gasoline - fired internal combustion engine.

Like other transmission systems on vehicles, it allows an internal combustion engine, best suited to run at a relatively high rotational speed, to provide a range of speed and torque outputs necessary for vehicular travel.

The engine runs both an Atkinson and Otto combustion cycle for added economy without killing power.