If the engine has been standing for a time(6 months to a year) take the sparkys out and drop a little oil on top of the pistons, replace sparkys and turn over for 3 or 4 secs.
If car is running ok you can buy an Additive from your local Car/Truck store for a little cash. Bearing in mind it wont 'fix' the sluggishness but will help in the long run. Put some in every 4th fill up. HTHS
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Um... because they have an engine like your car that has moving parts and cylinders... only significantly smaller?
Engines are made in three formats. You have 'V' 'I' and 'W'. Its the inclination of the cylinders. 'I' means that its an inline engine all the cylinders are in a line moving up and down. 'V' means that the cylinders are oriented in a 'V' for instance a V6 has 3 cylinders each side and they move from the bottom of the 'V' to the top moving away from each other on either side as they do. It literally looks like a 'V'. A 'W' is two 'V's side by side rigged together.
The engine oil helps in lubricating the machine. Oil helps in cooling the engine and lubricates the moving parts properly. The moving parts are constantly shifting and are connected to each other. Oil is needed to grease the parts so that the components move properly without causing harm to the machines.
The reciprocating steam engine (that is one that uses pistons in cylinders, moving in and out)
All cylinders are moving at the same time weather it is on the intake or exhaust stage. The valves close and open in cycles. Click the link to learn more.
The lubrication system and the cooling system.
The force generated by the expansion of burning gasses, inside the combustion cylinders of a car powered by an internal combustion engine.
Very quickly an uncooled engine will get so hot that the moving pistons weld themselves into their cylinders, ruining the engine. The oil system is part of that cooling process, by the way.
Not really. If one of the three cylinders is not functioning, the engine has lost MORE than 1/3 of the power if you take into consideration that the engine is still moving the "dead" piston.
Starting from the end of the engine where the accessory belt is moving away. [4321]8 picture the engine the 8 is the belt the cylinders go in that order 8[1234]
No , for the battery to be charged the engine must be running . This means that your alternator , if it's functioning properly , is charging the car's battery as the engine is on/running .
You burnt out the clutch probably or it's not in gear properly.