Get To Know Your Car

Although modern manufacturing has remove any piston valve tinkering from the list of DIY car care, I’ll outline here how the auto’s four-stroke cycle solves the problems of internal combustion. At the top of the cylinder is a pair of valves. The valve that lets the fuel in is called the ‘intake’ valve. The one [...]

Early gasoline was a by-product of the refining process for kerosene.  At first, gasoline was thought to be useless.  Nikolaus Otto developed a gasoline motor in the mid-1860s.  But it was Otto’s chief engineer who later harnessed gasoline power for a vehicle.  His name?  Gottlieb Daimler, as in Daimler-Chrysler. Bookmark and Share This Page | [...]