carburetor
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A carburetor is a device that mixes gasoline with air in the right proportions and delivers this mixture to an engine's cylinders for combustion. It matters because it's essential for controlling how much fuel and air an engine receives, which directly affects how well the engine runs and performs.
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19 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Operating principle
- Fuel circuits
- Main metering circuit
- Choke
- Idle circuit
- Off-idle circuit
- Power valve
- Metering rod / step-up rod
- Accelerator pump
- Fuel supply
- Float chamber
- Diaphragm chamber
- Other components
- Two-barrel and four-barrel designs
- History
- Icing in aircraft engine carburetors
- See also
- References
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A carburetor (also spelled carburettor or carburetter) is a device used by a gasoline internal combustion engine to control and mix air and fuel entering the engine. The primary method of adding fuel to the intake air is through the Venturi effect or Bernoulli's principle or with a pitot tube in the main metering circuit, though various other components are also used to provide extra fuel or air in specific circumstances.