In this post, I will discuss the working of a four stroke internal combustion engine such as the one used in most automobiles.  The engine of most modern cars runs on gasoline/petrol.  It does this by burning petrol in air and using the energy of the hot gaseous by-products to produce mechanical movement and motion of the car.  We shall explore how fuel and air are combined in the engine, how the controlled explosion is initiated and how all the heat is converted into rotational energy for the wheels.

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