NOUN
- a detachable plate that covers the closed end of a cylinder chamber in a reciprocating engine or pump
How To Use cylinder head In A Sentence
- Weight concerns mandated that the cylinder heads and crankcase are both made of cast aluminum.
- The engine also has a sportbike-derived chain-and-gear camshaft drive system that allows for a short/narrow cylinder head design and reduced overall engine height. Quad 2009 ATV Buyers Guide
- Irreparable damage had been caused to the A7 rocker gear, cylinder head, cylinder liner, piston, connecting rod, big end bearing and the trombone.
- Allan, a mechanic, was removing a cylinder head from a Harley-Davidson motorbike, when he spotted a world-famous heart surgeon in his garage.
- It turns out that Keller knowingly allowed some cracked cylinder heads to ship and twenty-one P-40s they were installed in crashed because of it. Lance Mannion:
- The foundry is charging its furnaces to cast the engine block and cylinder heads. Times, Sunday Times
- Catalytic converters are being mounted closer to the engines to improve their performance and exhaust manifolds are being integrated into cylinder heads.
- A ground strap bolted to the engine block may not do the job; head gaskets, silicon, and bolt sealer can electrically insulate the cylinder heads from ground.
- The term "flathead" arises from the flat appearance of the main cylinder head block. Undefined
- Unlike two-stroke engines that have simple openings or ports for intake and exhaust, four-stroke engines have intake and exhaust valves at each cylinder head.
