(1) Weight concerns mandated that the cylinder heads and crankcase are both made of cast aluminum.(2) It went off like a grenade inside, the crank, the crankcase , barrels and pistons are all just scrap metal.(3) Controlling the oil in the crankcase significantly reduces ring tension to unlock even more power by minimizing friction.(4) To minimize hydraulic losses, it is connected to the crankcase by a series of windows and oil strainers.(5) The crankcase was ribbed for strength while the crankshaft was carried on five main hearings.(6) The shunt left the car with damaged suspension, bodywork and even broke the crankcase in the backwards impact.(7) Imagine your car didn't come with instructions telling you to fill the crankcase with oil of a particular viscosity.(8) Well, imagine draining all the oil from your crankcase , and then trying to drive across town - doing 80 mph on the freeway.(9) Other nasties, such as lead and acid, also live in your crankcase .(10) With a rotary engine, the crankshaft is fixed, while the cylinders, crankcase and all the other bits rotate around it.(11) Then that mixture of gasoline and oil would seep down into the crankcase , diluting the engine oil even further.(12) The crankcase , on the other hand, sits in a bath of water and polyethylene glycol.(13) There are oil passages on the outside of the crankcase to reduce the chance of oil leaks.(14) Unlike four-stroke engines, there's a power stroke with every rotation of the crankcase .(15) u2018If we're successful, it could basically sit in the crankcase of a diesel V8 with the same output,u2019 says van der Broek.(16) The crankcase is also formed by a one-piece core, assuring uniformity.
