Glossary / General

cylinder wall

9 Episode Mentions

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The cylinder wall is the part inside an engine where the piston moves. If it gets damaged, the engine might not work well or could break.

Technical Definition

The cylinder wall is the inner surface of the cylinder in an engine where the piston moves up and down. Damage to the cylinder wall can lead to poor engine performance or failure.

Hear It Discussed

"The problem likely is a head gasket or a problem with a cylinder wall leaking a small amount of coolant."
Save Money On Car Repairs With Our Car Talk Show Under The Hood show 35:30

"...unless you get like a chunk next to the cylinder wall and like scars the cylinder wall. So there was like a there was like a one second, like one or two seconds where it fired up on three..."
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"where it's just been scraping the cylinder wall. It's normal. Cause it's just the way that, yeah, the engine works."
No more Turbo Lag Auto Off Topic 29:13