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Automotive

Dealing with vehicles or machines used for travel or motion, especially cars.

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bonnet bumper

Automotive; Automobile

British term for "hood bumper" or hood bump rubber.

battery earth

Automotive; Automobile

British term for battery strap or ground strap.

brake flushing

Automotive; Automobile

Cleaning the brake system by flushing with alcohol or brake fluid. This is done to remove water, dirt, or any other contaminant, flushing fluid is placed in the master cylinder ...

Beetle

Automotive; Automobile

Colloquial term for the original rear-engined volkswagen.

boxed rod

Automotive; Automobile

Connecting rod in which the I-beam section has been stiffened by welding plates on each side of the rod.

bowl vent (BV)

Automotive; Automobile

Connects the float bowl to the carburetor's air inlet. Depressurizes the fuel being pumped into the float bowl by the fuel pump and acts as a vapor separator by allowing vapors in ...

bimetal sensor

Automotive; Automobile

Consists of a thermocouple, an arm made of two dissimilar metals with different rates of thermal expansion, that flexes in accordance with temperature changes. Used as a ...