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nounmixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
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- choke a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
- venturi a tube with a constriction; used to control fluid flow (as in the air inlet of a carburetor)
- vapour lock a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor)
- fuel injection system mechanical system to inject atomized fuel directly into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine; avoids the need for a carburetor
- air horn air intake of a carburetor
- inlet manifold manifold that carries vaporized fuel from the carburetor to the inlet valves of the cylinders
- butterfly valve a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle
- automatic choke a choke that automatically controls the flow of air to the carburetor
- vapor lock a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor)
- fuel injection mechanical system to inject atomized fuel directly into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine; avoids the need for a carburetor