What 2.4l Really Means In The Engine Of a Car

Lets say you saw a car and and the seller says it is V6 2.4l, the car looks good and cheap, but there are things you need to know before you buy that car and that's the reason for this tutorial, what 2.4l means in the engine of a car. first question is, what does it mean for a car to have 4 cylinder and 6 cylinder? so before you opt to purchase a new car, you need to know these basics.

I will advice you take your time to read through these basics..

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Basic procedures one must know.

-The way an engine works is that gas is pushed into the cylinder, then air is pushed in from the air filter, then the sparkplug makes a spark to ignite the air/fuel mixture to make a small explosion.
This explosion moves the pistons up and down at a high rate of speed

-The more cylinders you have the more pistons you have moving up and down, and generally the more power you can make.

-Now this is not to say that you cannot have a 6 cylinder car that makes more power than a v8, or even a 4 cylinder car that makes more, it comes down to compression, and overall build of the engine. For example subaru makes some 4 cylinder cars that are pushing near 300 horsepower, while some great big 8 cylinders only make 200 or less.

-The V refers to the shape of the cylinders. in a V6 you have 3 cylinders on each side of the engine, all angled towards the center of the engine making a V shape. On most modern 4 cylinder cars all of the cylinders are in line. In many jeeps, BMW's and other cars their 6 cylinders are lined up. These are called inline 6's (or straight 6). The alignment of the cylinders shouldn't be a huge concern to you but that is what makes it a V6 or a I6.

-The L in 2.4L refers to the amount of liters of air that the car displaces on a full cycle of the pistons. The more liters the more power, simply put.

-Basically higher the number, bigger the engine, higher cost for maintenance, uses more gas, higher insurance, taxes and registration cost.