Assignment 1

Due date: 01/03/2024

10% towards your final coursework
1. Name the four essential components of an automobile. (4)
2. What is a gasket. (2)
3. List the type of oil seals and state its function. (5)
4. What is the most important engine gasket. (3)
5. With aid of diagram explain the following:
a) Plain bearing. (2)
b) Antifriction bearing. (2)
6. With aid of a diagram explain the following vehicle layout and state four (4)
advantages and disadvantages of the following layouts. (12)
a) FEFWD (Front engine front wheel drive.)
b) FERWD (Front engine rear wheel drive.)
7. Name the four components of cooling system. (4)
8. With aid of diagram explain the 2 – stroke cycle engine. (12)
9. Discuss the importance of engine oil service and what mileage should engine oil
be changed. (4)
10. Explain the following: (6)
a) Time based servicing.
b) Millage based servicing.
c) First servicing.
11. Motor Vehicle body/shapes may be broadly classified into six types. Name and
briefly describe each of them. (12)
12. Draw a valve timing diagram of a four-stroke cycle engine showing the following
data. (20)
• Inlet valve opens --------- 12-degree BTDC.
• Inlet valve closes --------- 40-degree ABDC.
• Exhaust valve opens ------47-degree BBDC.
• Exhaust valve closes ------21-degree ATDC.
a) Calculate and show the following:
• Valve overlap period.
• Valve lag.
• Valve lead.
• Inlet period.
• Exhaust period.
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