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A petrol engine is the most commonly used
source of power for motor vehicles, it was
introduced by the German engineers Gottlieb
Daimler and Karl Benz in 1885. The petrol
engine is a complex piece of machinery made
up of about 150 moving parts. It is a
reciprocating piston engine, in which a
number of pistons move up and down in
cylinders. Most engines have a water-cooling
system, in which water circulates through
channels in the cylinder block, thus
extracting the heat.
Subject by: Vince Pike