how does a car run?

Answer 1

Mine runs with the refrigerator so it don't get lonely...... lol :)

Answer 2

By the innovative use of mechanical devices. The battery and starter motor begin the process by turning the internal combustion engine over fast enough to start it. The engine which is made up of components that bring fuel into the engine ignite it and then exhaust the gasses produced, turns a shaft that is connected to the transmission/differential that are connected to axles that turn the wheels. These allow the car to move forward or backward. Then the front set of wheels have a pivot that allows them to be steered by a steering wheel. This allows the car to turn right or left. Then there are the brakes. These are attached to the ends of the axles and are operated when the car needs to slow or stop. In addition the car has other controls that give the operator many other functions that can be utilized. Some of these are gear selectors to allow the car to vary in speeds, accelerators that speed the car up, gages to see the engine functions and vehicle speed, and controls for the interior comfort and individual adjustments for each driver.

Answer 3

ok just the basics. The engine has componenets such as the pistons...they run inside the cylinder...they are connected to the crankshaft via a connecting rod. There is the camshaft which operates via lifters the intake and exhaust valves. Then there is the ignition system which delivers spark to the cylinders. finally there is the fuel delivery system...either some type of fuel injection or carburated.

The crankshaft moves the pistons up and down alternately...the cam opens and closes the valves in a 4 stroke manner...there is the intake stroke...compression stroke...this is where both valves are closed and the ignition system provides a spark to the cylinder and causes an ignition of the fuel delivered to the cylinder ..this pushes the cylender down...and this is done in sequence to each cylinder. then there is the power stroke...this is when the piston is pushed down...then there is the exhaust stroke...this is where the piston returns to the top position but the cam has the exhaust valve open expelling burnt fuel.

This continues through each cylinder thus keeping the engine running.

That's the basics

Answer 4

depends on what you want answerd there, you could say for a more specific question, how does a cars engine run (V, Rotary, inline, boxer) or how does a cars transmition run (auto, manual, semi manual, semi sequential) there is so many variables to tuse from,

But basicaly a car lets say a (inline 4 cylinder) works by turning the ignition key to position 2 then 3 (cranking position) untill the ECU (engine controle unit) has registered that your trying to start the car, so it powers up the fuel pump to pump the vehicles fuel to the engine, then checks all the on bored computers/ modules, then checks that piston 1 is a TDC (top dead center) turnes the starter motor on to turn the engine over then pumps fuel into the cylinder via ether a single or multi point injection system, then powers up the coil pack and sends a jolt around 60 to 70,000 volts down the HT lead to the spark plug to ignight the fuel, then through a fare fue other tricky bits that i cant be bothered to type them coz they are very lenghty, starts the car, this all happens in about 1 second, just depends on the car and the weather for how long the car actualy takes to start.

hope that helps :)

Answer 5

In a nutshell......
Intake Stroke= Intake valve opens; as piston moves down in the cylinder it acts like a vacuum, sucking in air/fuel mixture.
Compression Stroke= As piston moves up, it compresses the air/fuel mixture, and the spark plug sparks.Boom!
Power Stroke= The explosion forces the piston down
Exhaust Stroke= The exhaust valve opens; as the piston rises, it pushes the remnants out of the cylinder.
The pistons are connected to the crankshaft, which is connected to a drive shaft, which is connected to the differential, which is connected to the drive axles, which are connected to the wheels. As the camshaft rotates, the wheels rotate.

Answer 6

not to be sick or gross but here is the basic. suck squeeze bang blow. air is sucked into the gasoline engine. the fuel and air are squeezed together in the combustion chamber. the spark plug ignites the fuel air mixture pushing the piston "bang" and the excess gasses are blown out the exhaust.. simply complicated right.

Answer 7

Mine runs very well.

Answer 8

charge from battery and burning gas..............want more details??
or solar...........power from the sun..........
Turn the key and hope it starts.......and so it runs....or the engine runs....
hhmmm...........cars don't 'run' they ride on wheels.................??

Answer 9

fuel and electric