
ENGINE
MECHANICAL
-Description (4A-FE) EM-3
The 4A-FE engine
is
an
in-line
4-cylinder
engine
with
the cylinders numbered .
1-2-3-4
from
the
front. The
crankshaft
is supported by 5 specified
bearings inside
the
crankcase. These bearing are
made
of
aluminum alloy.
The
crankshaft
is
integrated
with
8
weights
which
are cast
with
it
for
balane_
Oil holes are
made in the center
of
the
crankshaft
to
supply oil
to
the connecting rods, bearing, pistons and
other
components_
The ignition
order
is
1
-3-4-2
.
The
cylinder head
is made
of
aluminum alloy,
with
a cross
flow
type
intake and exhaust layout
with
pent
roof
type
combustion
chambers.
The
spark
plugs
are
located in the center
of
the
combustion
chamber.
The
intake
manifold
has 4 independent long
ports
and utilizes
the
inertial supercharging
effect
to
improve
engine torque at
low
and medium
speeds.
Exhaust and intake valves are equipped
with
irregular
pitch
springs made
of
special carbon steel
which
are capable
of
functioning
no
matter
what
the engine speed.
The
exhaust
side cam
shaft
is
driven by a
timing
belt, and a gear
on
the
exhaust side cam
shaft
engages
with
a
gear
on the intake side cam
shaft
to
drive it.
The
cam journal is
supported
at
5 places
between the valve
lifters
of
each cylinder and on
the
front
end
of
the
cylinder head. Lubrication
of
the
cam journal gear is accomplished by oil being
supplied
through
the
oiler
port
in
the
center
of
the
camshaft.
Adjustment
of
the valve clearance is done by
means
of
an
outer
shim type system, in
which
valve adjusting shims are located above
the
valve
lifters.
This
permits
replacement
of
the shims
without
removal
of
the camshafts.
The
resin
timing
belt
cover
is made
of
3 pieces.
A service hole is provided
in
the No.1
belt
cover
for
adjusting
the
timing
belt
tension.
Pistons are made
of
highly temperature-resis-
tant
aluminum alloy, and a depression is
built
into
the
piston head
to
prevent interference
with
valves.
Piston pins are
the
semi-floating
type,
with
the
pins fastened
to
the
connecting rods by pressure
fitting,
allowing
the
pistons
and pins
to
float.
The No.1 compression ring is made
of
stainless
steel and
the
No.2 compression ring is made
of
cast
iron.
The
oil ring is made
of
a
combination
of
steel and stainless steel. The outer diameter
of
each
piston
ring is slightly larger than the diameter
of
the
piston
and
the
flexibility
of
the rings allows
them
to
hug the cylinder walls when
they
are
mounted
on
the
piston. Compression rings No.1
and No.2
work
to
prevent
the
leakage
of
gas
from
the
cylinder and oil ring
works
to
scrape oil
off
the
cylinder walls
to
prevent
it
from
entering the
combustion
chambers
.
The cylinder block
is
made
of
cast iron.
It
has 4
cylinders
which
are approximately 2 times the
length
of
the
piston stroke.
The
top
of
the cylin-
ders
is
closed
off
by
the
cylinder head and the
lower
end
of
the cylinders
becomes
the crankcase,
in
which
the
crankshaft
is
installed.
In
addition, the
cylinder
block
contains a
water
jacket,
through
which
coolant
is pumped
to
cool
the
cylinders.
The oil pan is bolted
to
the
bottom
of
the
cylinder block.
The
oil pan
is
an
oil reservoir made
of
pressed steel sheet. A dividing plate
i~
included
inside the oil pan
to
keep.
sufficient
oil at
the
bot-
tom
of
the pan even when
the
vehicle
is
tilted. This
dividing plate also prevents the oil
from
making
waves
when
the vehicle is
stopped
suddenly and
thus
shifting
the
oil away
from
the oil
pump
suc-
tion pipe.
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