The Car Quiz That Could Save You A Fortune at the Mechanic's Garage

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Riding along in your automobile, baby beside me at the wheel.

Sure, we might know how to drive our favourite vehicles, but what do we know about the various processes that occur beneath the hood? Can you differentiate between your manifolds and your piston pin clips, and do you know happens during each of the four strokes of a standard combustion engine?

Other than where to stick the gas, could you fix your car or even identify which of the components are faulty?

Try out our educational car engine quiz and find out what happens when you add fuel and turn the ignition key. Never get ripped off at the garage ever again.

Ready? Let's put the pedal to the metal.

What's a quick fix you might implement if your car starts overheating while driving?

Check the water in your radiator.

Switch on the heater.

Switch off all the electrical equipment - radio, etc.

Stick the air con on as cold as you can.

What does the camshaft in your car engine actually do?

It operates the opening and closing of the valves

It creates tension between forward and backward driving

It helps clear fumes from the engine during combustion

It recharges the battery while you drive.

The engine is a collection of interconnected operations. How does the timing belt contribute to the overall operation of the engine?

It maintains synchronicity between the camshaft and the crankshaft.

It makes sure the clocks are right in the cabin.

The sat-nav uses it to calculate how long it will take to reach your destination.

It recharges the battery

Why does a car fail to work underwater?

Because the water gets mixed with the fuel

Because the water combines with the oil and clogs up the filters.

Because water enters the engine through the air intake

Cars can drive underwater perfectly well.

Which of the following descriptions best matches a vehicle with an inline-six engine?

An engine that contains six cylinders, lined up in a row

An engine that contains four cylinders in a row with two placed elsewhere in the vehicle.

An engine containing six cylinders, in a V-shape configuration

An engine containing six cylinders - arranged in two banks of three cylinders

Your car engine uses electricity to power some of the most useful parts of your car, including the radio, the wipers, and your headlamps. Which part of the engine generates enough electricity to ensure that everything runs?

The alternator

The dynamo

The starter engine

The Magneto

What is the purpose of the oil filter in you vehicle engine?

It cleans out the impurities in the engine oil.

It separates the oil used in the engine from the storage sump

It pumps the oil around the engine

It filters the air that hits the oil

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