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Activity summary:
This worksheet will be used as evidence regarding your work within the following competencies:
1. Describe automotive two- and four-stroke petrol and diesel engine fundamentals and operating cycles.
2. Identify engine configurations and classifications.
Reference material:
Automotive Mechanics: 10e, Chapters 15, 16, 17 and 21.
Safety precautions:
1. Personal protective equipment (PPE) must be worn.
2. Follow all standard operating procedures (SOP) when using workshop tools and equipment.
3. Carry out a risk assessment prior to completing workshop activity tasks.
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Unit 14 Worksheet
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Unit 14 Worksheet
To accompany May & Simpson Automotive Mechanics 10e
© McGraw-Hill Education Australia 2018
Competency unit: AURTTE004 Inspect and Service Engines
Combustion
Exhaust Pressure
Piston Travel Inlet Valve Cylinder volume
Stroke Valve above atmospheric/
Up/Down Open/Closed increasing/decreasing
Open/Closed low/very high/
below atmospheric
Below
Suction Down Open Close Increasing
Atmospheric
Above
Exhaust Up Close Open Decreasing
Atmospheric
(b) In a petrol four-stroke engine, what is drawn into the engine on the intake stroke?
Air and Fuel Mixture
(c) Why does air need to be drawn into the engine?
Oxygen in the air is one of the necessary ingredients for the engine combustion process.
Unit 14 Worksheet
To accompany May & Simpson Automotive Mechanics 10e
© McGraw-Hill Education Australia 2018
(d) In a four-stroke petrol engine, apart from an air–fuel mixture, what else is required for combustion
to take place?
Spark plug is required to produce spark for combustion of fuel.
3.
(a) Complete the following table regarding the operation of a four-stroke diesel engine:
Cylinder Combustion
Content Exhaust Pressure
Inlet Valve Cylinder volume
Stroke Air–fuel/ Valve above atmospheric/
Open/Closed increasing/decreasing
air–fuel mixture/ Open/Closed low/very high/
burnt gases below atmospheric
Below
Suction Air Open Close Increasing
Atmospheric
Above
Exhaust Burnt Gases Close Open Decreasing
Atmospheric
(b) Explain the main difference between the operating principles of a four-stroke diesel engine as
compared with a four-stroke petrol engine:
Petrol engine require spark plug but in diesel engine there is no requirement of spark plug because fuel
injectors are used instead
Unit 14 Worksheet
To accompany May & Simpson Automotive Mechanics 10e
© McGraw-Hill Education Australia 2018
5. With reference to the valve timing diagram below, answer the following questions:
(c) In relation to degrees of crankshaft rotation, what is the total degrees that the exhaust valve remains
open?
47 Degrees
Unit 14 Worksheet
To accompany May & Simpson Automotive Mechanics 10e
© McGraw-Hill Education Australia 2018
b) What is the purpose of a reed valve in a two-stroke engine?
Reed valves are commonly used in high-performance versions of the two-stroke engine, where they
control the fuel-air mixture admitted to the cylinder. As the piston rises in the cylinder a vacuum is created
in the crankcase beneath the piston.
7. Look carefully at the diagram below and complete the following table:
Unit 14 Worksheet
To accompany May & Simpson Automotive Mechanics 10e
© McGraw-Hill Education Australia 2018