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  2. Tappet - Wikipedia

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    With lower cylinder blocks, the tappets could drive the valves directly without needing even a push rod. [4] [13] Sidevalve engines also required regular adjustment of the tappet clearance, and in this case it was the tappets themselves that were adjusted directly. Small access plates were provided on the sides of the cylinder block, giving ...

  3. Valve timing - Wikipedia

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    The valve timing of a diesel engine also depends on tappet clearance of the inlet and exhaust valves. If tappet clearance is less, then valve will open early and close late. [2] If tappet clearance is more, then valve will open late and close early. Tappet clearance is measured by an instrument called feeler gauge.

  4. Hydraulic tappet - Wikipedia

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    A hydraulic tappet, also known as a hydraulic valve lifter or hydraulic lash adjuster, is a device for maintaining zero valve clearance in an internal combustion engine. Conventional solid valve lifters require regular adjusting to maintain a small clearance between the valve and its rocker or cam follower. This space prevents the parts from ...

  5. Feeler gauge - Wikipedia

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    Feeler gauge set (25 pieces, 0.03~1.0 mm measurement range) Measuring the valve clearance of a DOHC engine, between camshaft and tappet (here: 0.004 in ≈ 0.10 mm). A feeler gauge is a tool used to measure gap widths. Feeler gauges are mostly used in engineering to measure the clearance between two parts. [1]

  6. Four-stroke engine - Wikipedia

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    The valves are typically operated by a camshaft rotating at half the speed of the crankshaft. It has a series of cams along its length, each designed to open a valve during the appropriate part of an intake or exhaust stroke. A tappet between valve and cam is a contact surface on which the cam slides to open the valve. Many engines use one or ...

  7. Desmodromic valve - Wikipedia

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    A desmodromic valve is a reciprocating engine poppet valve that is positively closed by a cam and leverage system, rather than by a more conventional spring. The valves in a typical four-stroke engine allow the air/fuel mixture into the cylinder at the beginning of the cycle and exhaust spent gases at the end of the cycle. In a conventional ...

  8. Rocker arm - Wikipedia

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    A similar arrangement transfers the motion via another roller tip to a second rocker arm. This rotates about the rocker shaft, and transfers the motion via a tappet to the valve. [clarify] Some OHC engines employ short rocker arms, also known as fingers, in which the cam lobe pushes down (rather than up) on the rocker arm to open the valve.

  9. Glossary of automotive terms - Wikipedia

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    Also choke valve or strangler. A valve that restricts the amount of air entering an engine on the induction stroke, thereby enriching the fuel-to-air ratio for ease of starting and running, especially when the engine is cold. [1] clearance volume The volume remaining in a cylinder above the piston when it reaches top dead center. [1] See also ...