During the power stroke, just before the piston reaches top dead center, the spark plug fires and ignites the compressed air-fuel mixture. The resulting expansion due to combustion pushes the piston back down the cylinder toward bottom dead center.
Just before the piston reaches top dead center, the spark plug fires and ignites the compressed air-fuel mixture. This describes which engine stroke?
compression |
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intake |
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power |
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exhaust |