Sentence examples for the crankcase from inspiring English sources
noun
The part of an engine that contains the crankshaft
Lube, dripping from the crankcase, smelled like bong water.
The crankcase is a secondary source of unburned hydrocarbons and, to a lesser extent, carbon monoxide.
If it's no higher than normal, chances are water has not entered the crankcase.
A spring-loaded inlet valve admits air into the crankcase on the upward, or compression, stroke of the piston.
There are three main sources of these gases: the engine exhaust, the crankcase, and the fuel tank and carburetor.
Air trapped in the crankcase is compressed by the descent of the piston on its power stroke.
I once accidentally dropped a feeler gauge down into the crankcase of a Kawasaki Ninja that was practically brand new, while performing its first scheduled valve adjustment.
The Odyssey survived the trip fine, although I have no idea what sort of scarring might have occurred in the crankcase.
The leakage of biodiesel into the engine crankcase markedly lowers the quality of the engine oils due to thermal instability of biodiesel.
In a bitter dispute involving Chief Justice Rehnquist's basement parking space, the Court ruled, 8-1, thet he must immediately repair the leaking crankcase of his 1997 Chevy Impala, which has been spilling oil onto the parking spaces of justices Kennedy, Souter and Ginsburg.
The monobloc crankcase is made of ductile cast iron, the sidewalls extending far down below the crankshaft centerline.
