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Automatic Transmission

Purpose of a Transmission Before we get into the ins and outs of how an automatic transmission works, let’s do a quick review of why vehicles need a transmission  of any kind  in the first place. As discussed in our primer on how a car engine works, the engine of your vehicle creates rotational power. To move the car, we need to transfer that rotational power to the wheels. That’s what the car’s drive train which the transmission is a part of  does. But here’s the problem: an engine can only spin within a certain speed in order to operate efficiently. If it spins too low, you wouldn’t be able to get the car moving from a standstill; if it spins too fast, the engine can self-destruct. What we need is some way to multiply the power produced by the engine when it’s needed (starting from a standstill, going up a hill, etc.), but also decrease the amount of power sent from the engine when it isn’t needed (going downhill, going really fast, slamming on the brakes). ...
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working of Automatic Transmission

As you can see, there are a lot of moving parts inside an automatic transmission. It uses a combination of mechanical, fluid, and electrical engineering to give you a smooth ride from dead stop to highway cruising speed. So let’s walk through a big picture overview of the power flow in an automatic transmission. The engine sends power to the  torque convertor’s pump . The pump sends power to the torque converter’s  turbine  via transmission fluid. The turbine sends the transmission fluid back to the pump via the  stator . The stator multiples the power of the transmission fluid, allowing the pump to send more power back to the turbine. A vortex power rotation is created inside the torque converter. The turbine is connected to a central shaft that connects to the transmission. As the turbine spins, the shaft spins, sending power to the first  planetary gear set  of the transmission. Depending on which  multiple disc clutch  or  ...
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Anatomy of a Engine

The Anatomy of a Car Engine A V-6 Engine I’ll show you how the four-stroke engine works here in a bit, but before I do, I thought it would be helpful to go through the various parts of an engine so you’ll have an idea of what’s doing what in the four-stroke process. There is terminology throughout these explanations that relies on other terms in the list, so don’t worry if you get confused at first. Read through the whole thing to get an overall grasp, and then read it again so you have a basic understanding of each piece as it’s being talked about. Engine Block (Cylinder Block) The engine block is the foundation of an engine. Most engine blocks are cast from an aluminum alloy, but iron is still used by some manufacturers. The engine block is also referred to as the cylinder block because of the big hole or tubes called cylinders that are cast into the integrated structure. The cylinder is where the engine’s pistons slide up and down. The more cylinders an engine has the...
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