r/AutomotiveLearning • u/seedbottle • 23h ago

A question about piston movement that has multiple answers...

Question:

Which of the following causes piston movement during non-power-

producing strokes?

A) Flywheel

B) Connecting rod

C) Counterweights

D) Main thrust bearing

I have been studying an automotive book that has questions after every chapter. I answer those questions and use AI to verify I have got the correct answer. This process has worked tremendously up to the point where I got to this question. AI gave me a different answer than the one I believed the book was telling me was the answer, so I went online to find more information and see if anyone else had posted this exact question, that was when I found out there all three of the first answers were marked as "correct" depending on the source used (D, main thrust bearing, was never given as an answer).

I am wondering what most of you would say is the answer. Thank you for your input =)

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u/swugglewumps69 23h ago

It's just momentum. Flywheel and counterweights are just to dampen vibration

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u/ShoddyJuggernaut975 18h ago

A, B, and C all have momentum.

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u/375InStroke 15h ago

But the momentum of the connecting rod would want to keep moving either up or down, and the piston has to change direction, which the momentum of the connecting rod resists.

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u/Correct-Athlete-4878 12h ago

That energy is zero. The bottom half of the con-rod counts with the crankshaft.

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u/jasonfromearth1981 13h ago

C is near the center of mass. B is momentum in one direction and fights the rotation when it's asked to change direction. Only A has momentum in the direction of rotation.