Explore Crankcase through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like housing. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Crankcase in a sentence
Crankcase meaning
The part of an engine that contains the crankshaft.
Synonyms of Crankcase
Using Crankcase
- The main meaning on this page is: The part of an engine that contains the crankshaft.
- Useful related words include: housing.
- In the example corpus, crankcase often appears in combinations such as: the crankcase, crankcase and.
Context around Crankcase
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Crankcase
- In this selection, "crankcase" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, closed, aluminum, single, ventilation, carried and oil stand out and add context to how "crankcase" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a closed crankcase ventilation system and a common crankcase. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "crankcase" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with crankcase
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In piston engines the crankcase oil is contaminated by combustion blow-by through the piston rings. (16 words)
Thus the richness of the mixture in the cylinder could not be controlled via the crankcase intake. (17 words)
An aluminum crankcase carried two blocks of three cylinders each along each side, with a 60 degree included angle. (19 words)
Shortly after departing Prince Rupert Island on Aprl 15, the lead aircraft Seattle, flown by Martin with Harvey (the only fully qualified mechanic in the flight), blew a three-inch hole in its crankcase and was forced to land on Portage Bay. (42 words)
While most production V8 engines use four crank throws spaced 90° apart, high-performance V8 engines often use a "flat" crankshaft with throws spaced 180° apart, essentially resulting in two straight four engines running on a common crankcase. (38 words)
Like Cummins Westport’s L9N and ISX12N engines, the B6.7N features on-board diagnostics, an enhanced, maintenance-free three-way catalyst, a closed crankcase ventilation system, and an engine control module recently redesigned for improved durability. (37 words)
Example sentences (14)
Like Cummins Westport’s L9N and ISX12N engines, the B6.7N features on-board diagnostics, an enhanced, maintenance-free three-way catalyst, a closed crankcase ventilation system, and an engine control module recently redesigned for improved durability.
Shortly after departing Prince Rupert Island on Aprl 15, the lead aircraft Seattle, flown by Martin with Harvey (the only fully qualified mechanic in the flight), blew a three-inch hole in its crankcase and was forced to land on Portage Bay.
An aluminum crankcase carried two blocks of three cylinders each along each side, with a 60 degree included angle.
An engine loses up to 75% of its generated energy in the form of friction, noise and vibration in the crankcase and piston area.
Critical engine development problems The early development of the "coupled" engines, began in the late 1930s with Daimer-Benz's development of a 1,500 kW class engine design using a single crankcase.
Early aero engines In 1909 Renault pioneered aero V12s with a 60 degree air-cooled engine with individual finned cylinders and F-head valve arrangement, driven by single camshaft in the crankcase.
If the "tickler" is held down too long it also floods the outside of the carburetor and the crankcase below, and is therefore a fire hazard.
In piston engines the crankcase oil is contaminated by combustion blow-by through the piston rings.
Most diesel engines that power ships like supertankers are built so that the engine can safely use low-grade fuels due to their separate cylinder and crankcase lubrication.
The sealing at the Wankel apexes is less critical, as leakage is between adjacent chambers on adjacent strokes of the cycle, rather than to the crankcase.
This presented a serious problem for the earliest models of the Boeing B-29 heavy bomber when an in-flight engine fire ignited the engine crankcase.
This was achieved by the use of bevel gearing at the rear of the crankcase, resulting in the eleven-cylindered Siemens-Halske Sh.
Thus the richness of the mixture in the cylinder could not be controlled via the crankcase intake.
While most production V8 engines use four crank throws spaced 90° apart, high-performance V8 engines often use a "flat" crankshaft with throws spaced 180° apart, essentially resulting in two straight four engines running on a common crankcase.
Common combinations with crankcase
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: