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Timing belt

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timing chainnoun(automotive) A chain which connects the crankshaft and the camshaft of an engine, synchronizing the operation of the inlet and exhaust valves.
cambeltnounThe part of an internal combustion engine that synchronizes the rotation of the crankshaft and the camshaft so that the engine's valves open and close at the proper times during each cylinder's intake and exhaust strokes.
belt-drivenounAny mechanism that uses a continuous belt through which power is transmitted.
valve trainnounThe mechanical system that operates the valves in an internal combustion engine.
throttlenounA valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
enginenounThe part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
belt drivenounA method of power transmission by means of belts that connect pulleys on shafts.
valvetrainnounAlternative spelling of valve train. [The mechanical system that operates the valves in an internal combustion engine.]
side valvenoun(automotive) A type of valve in an internal combustion engine, and thus also (metonymic) the type of valvetrain design, the type of engine that uses it, or an instance of such an engine; this design has the inlet and exhaust valves in the cylinder block beside the piston. The cylinder head is then a simple dome extending across the valves and piston.
throttle bodynoun(engineering, automotive) A part of the air intake system of a fuel injected engine, responsible for regulating the airflow into the engine.
timingnoun(countable, uncountable) The time when something happens.
motor oilnounOil for lubricating an internal-combustion engine.
camshaftnounA shaft fitted with cams; especially one in a piston engine that activates the valves.
valvenounA device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
shifternounOne who, or that which, shifts or changes.
ignition keynounA key that starts the combustion engine of a motor vehicle.
overhead valvenoun(automotive) A type of valve in an internal combustion engine, and thus also (metonymic) the type of valvetrain design, the type of engine that uses it, or an instance of such an engine; this design has the inlet and exhaust valves in the cylinder head (and therefore above the piston). The camshaft can be beside the pistons (with pushrods and rockers operating the valves) or above the valves, with the latter usually referred to as overhead cam.
ignitionnounThe initiation of combustion.
mechanismnoun(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
gearboxnounThat part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected.

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