How a Car Engine Works

An inside look at the basic systems that make up a standard car engine. Alternate languages: Español: Get on Patreon and help fund my 3D animation obsession! It wouldn’t feel right to put sponsorship segments in the middle of high quality educational content, so let’s try another way together: Need 3D illustration and animation? Have suggestions for what to explain next? Animagraffs can help! Let’s chat: License Animagraffs work for your own purposes See more explanations of how things work at: I use Blender 3D to create these models. It’s free and open source, and the community is amazing: Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:14 4 Stroke Cycle 1:22 Firing Order 1:36 Camshaft / Timing Belt 1:56 Crankshaft 2:15 Block / Heads 2:35 V6 / V8 3:02 Air Intake 3:25 Fuel 3:54 Cooling 5:02 Electrical 6:06 Oil 7:03 Exhaust 7:28 Full Model