How a Car Engine Works

How does a car engine work? Every time you turn your car key or press

that ignition button, a fascinating chain of events begins inside the engine, a symphony of

explosions, movement, and precision engineering that turns fuel into motion.

But what's really happening under the hood? How does a car engine take

something as simple as gasoline and transform it into power strong enough to move

a ton of metal down the road? At its heart, a car engine

is a giant air pump. It breathes in air, mixes it with

fuel, and then burns that mixture in a controlled way to create energy.