Automobile

Automobile

Of or relating to any vehicle, usually designed to carry passengers, that operates on ordinary roads and typically has four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine.

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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.

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 and forced through the ...

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 the float bowl to ...

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 temperature sensor. Also ...