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Internal combustion ingine

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Diagram o a cylinder as foond in 4-stroke petrol ingines.:
C  crankshaft.
E  exhaust camshaft.
I  inlet camshaft.
P  piston.
R  connecting rod.
S  spark plug.
V  valves. reid: exhaust, blue: intake.
W  cuiling watter jacket.
gray structur  ingine block.

An internal combustion ingine (ICE) is a heat ingine whaur the combustion o a fuel occurs wi an oxidizer (uisually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral pairt o the wirkin fluid flow circuit.