It'll Take A Major Gearhead To Name Every Car Part On This Quiz

Cars are one of those things that divide people into three different categories. There are people who don't care about cars, meaning that they know nothing and don't really have an opinion one way or the other. There are people who think cars are cool, meaning that they might enjoy going to a race or two, and might be able to name a couple of different models off the top of their head. But then there are people who love cars - and by love, I mean really love. It wouldn't be a stretch to call them fanatical!

Honestly, there are plenty of reasons to love cars. There's the power behind them, for one, and the speed, and then there's the obvious, simple things, like stuff that just looks cool. There's also the fact that cars are incredibly customizable, and that a lot of tiny, intricate little parts all play a part in bringing these modern marvels together and making them roar to life.

People have made entire careers out of knowing how to make cars work, and knowing what parts need fixing when something breaks. A single car is an incredibly detailed machine and can feature up to 30,000 different parts. That's 30,000 separate things that could go wrong at a time! Luckily, there are people out there who are so into cars and have spent time gathering so much knowledge that they can simply hear a car run and immediately know both exactly what's wrong and exactly how to fix it.

Those kinds of people are the ones who are known as Gearheads, and it'll take a major one to name all of these car parts.

Question 1

What's the name of this part?

Most people don't know about this little part of their car until they are stuck inside their car on a hot summer day and there's no wonderfully cool air blowing out at them from their air conditioner. This car part makes it even possible for air conditions to be work inside of cars. As soon as the air conditioner gets turned on, this part gets to work, by controlling the temperature and applying pressure to the refrigerant, which is what turns hot air into cold air. What is the name of this part?

Question 2

What is the name of this part?

This car part is a pretty important part, but it has only been around since the 1960's! This part was first used for military equipment in World War 2 and for vehicles like ambulances and radio taxis after the war. It was first introduced as a standard car part for consumers by the Chrysler Corporation. This part charges the battery in the car and powers the car's electrical system while the engine is running. What is the name of this car part?

Question 3

What is the name of this part?

This car part is integral to... well, making a car start at all! It is part of the electrical system of the car; it could even be considered the "heart" of the car. This car part gives the car its "juice" or the electrical current that gets fed into the starter which then starts the engine. It is small in comparison to the rest of a car, and you can hold it in your hands, but this car part packs a lot of power. What is the name of this car part?

Question 4

What is the name of this part?

Newton's Third Law of Motion states, "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction" and that can be applied to cars too. If a car starts, it has to and will eventually stop, and this car part is what helps it do so! It doesn't exactly stop the car, but it does stop the wheels of the car from turning, which creates friction between the tires and the road that makes the car slow down. There are several different types of this part, but most cars of today use a disc type one. What is the name of this car part?

Question 5

What is the name of this part?

This car part you won't see in more modern cars, as they use an electronically controlled device known as a fuel injection. But car owners with older, or "classic cars" still have this part. This car part mixes air and fuel together to create the power inside of engines. It creates a chemical reaction known as combustion- where the fuel burned inside the engine releases heat energy. This car parts mixes the right amount of fuel and air together, depending on what the driving conditions are. What is the name of this car part?

Question 6

What is the name of this part?

This car part is a part of the charging system of the car. The charging system helps keep the battery in the car, well... charged and is the main source of energy for the car while the engine is running. While the alternator produces the power, this car part helps the alternator maintain the right amount of voltage, or charge to both the protect the rest of the charging system and to keep everything running. It can either be inside the casing of the alternator, or outside of it. What is the name of this car part?

Question 7

What is the name of this part?

This magnifying looking car part is an important part to a car's engine. It it what connects the piston and crankshaft together and allows them to generate power. It changes the up and down movements that the piston does into the circular motions like the crankshaft does. Because this car part goes through a lot of compression, bending, buckling and tension, it is made of very strong materials like high grade aluminum, sintered (heat or pressured compacted) metals and even sometimes titanium, for high performance engines. What is the name of this car part?

Question 8

What is the name of this part?

This car part is important to making the wheels on a car move. It sits below the pistons and the cylinders in the engine block, and coverts the vertical movement of the pistons into a circular rotation that first, goes through to the flywheel and then ultimately the transmission. The part that is in the cars of today have influences tracing all the way from tools as far back as the Han Dynasty! What is the name of this car part?

Question 9

What is the name of this part?

This car part had a few different things it does. Its primary job is to route high voltage from the ignition coil to the spark plugs in the right order and for the right amount of time. This part is made up of a rotor, which is a rotating arm. This rotor is fitted inside of a cap and the rotor spins, passing by a series of contacts. It is there that a high voltage pulse arcs across the gap between the rotor and the contact. What is the name of this car part?

Question 10

What part is this?

This car part is a part of every vehicle that uses wheels. It is used for a number of important things in a car, like driving, braking and steering. This car part delivers power and torque from the engine to the wheels. This part has to be able to not only sustain the entire weight of the vehicle, its passengers and any cargo that might be on board. It also has to be able to take the accelerated forces of driving and braking. What is the name of this car part?

Question 11

What part is this?

This car part works with the fuel line of a car. It acts as a barrier that screens out dirt and rust particles from fuel. It is usually in the form of a small cartridge, that had a type of paper inside of it. Not having one of these could lead to contamination of the fuel, which will lead to the greater wear and tear of the fuel pump and even cause it to fail over time. What is the name of this car part?

Question 12

What part is this?

This car part isn't always an essential component of a car. With certain engines, this part isn't required as gravity is the only thing need to get fuel from the fuel tank. But for other vehicles, it is very important to have this part. There are a few different types of this part, such as mechanical ones that are mounted on the outside of the fuel tank and use low pressure to get fuel from the fuel tank. In more modern cars, there is an electric version of this part that is located in the fuel tank itself. What is the name of this car part?

Question 13

What part is this?

This car part is located inside of the car's dashboard. It is made up of several different components including, a core, a blower fan/motor, a control valve and more. Its purpose is to keep a driver warm when the weather outside the car is cold. The engine cooling system is directly linked to this part and it is important for the cooling system to be in good and working order, otherwise this part won't work as well. What is the name of this car part?

Question 14

What part is this?

This car part is part of the ignition system. It is made up of two parts, a primary coil and secondary coil, with the secondary having hundreds of more wire than the primary one. The current from the car's battery flows through the primary coil, which has breaking points within it that causes the magnetic field around the primary coil to break. This sets off a reaction that charges the secondary coil with up to 10000 volts of charge, which gets fed into the distributor. What is the name of this car part?

Question 15

What part is this?

This car part is also known as "spark plug wires". It is part of the ignition system and they deliver the "spark" that comes from the ignition coil or the distributor to the spark plugs. This transfer of electric energy is part of what gets the engine to start. Because they were under high levels of strain and stress, it is important that they are checked regularly and replaced at the first sign of wear and tear. What is the name of this car part?

Question 16

What part is this?

This car part is a very important component to the car. With all the explosive and chemical reactions that go on in a car's engine when it is running, there is quite a lot of toxic and harmful gases being produced. The exhaust valve takes care of most of these gases but there is a still a small amount that manage to find their way into the crankcase which will totally mess up a car's engine. This car part prevents that from happening as it sucks those remaining gases out of the crankshaft. What is the name of this part?

Question 17

What part is this?

This car part is a part of a car's engine. It is made up of a moving cylinder of metal with rings, air-tight sealed within the engine cylinder. It is connected to the crankshaft and it moves the crankshaft through the process of intake, compression, combustion and exhaust. All of those processes makes this car part move up and down, or in and out if the car has a flat engine, which turns the crankshaft. What is the name of this car part?

Question 18

What part is this?

This car part is important when it comes to keeping a car from over heating. It is a type of heat exchanger, despite its name, it transfers its heat through convection. It transfers heat from the coolant by blowing air across it and carrying the heat out of the car. It is made up of four parts, a core which is the largest part and consists of a large metal block with metal fins that allows the coolant to vent out heat. There is a pressure cap, which keeps the coolant under tight pressure so it can get really hot without boiling. Then there are the outlet and inlet tanks and the transmission cooler. What is the name of this part?

Question 19

What part is this?

This car part is a very important part when it comes to the car's cooling system. Everyone knows that as the car runs, it generates heat, this car part carries coolant through the radiator and then back through the engine to help keep it at the best functioning temperature. There are several different ones working together in one car, two of them being an upper and lower one. The upper one connects to the top of the radiator then to the top of the engine while the lower one connects to the bottom of the radiator and then to the water pump. What is the name of this car part?

Question 20

What part is this?

This car part is little but has a very big job when it comes to the mechanics of a car. Without it, a car won't even start! This small part fits into the engine's cylinder head. As the engine heats up the gases within it become ionized. Once it reaches a certain level of heat and electrical charge, this part begins to "spark" which ignites the fuel to make the car go. What is the name of this car part?

Question 21

What part is this?

This car part is known as a sump in most places, but whatever it is called, it the same thing. There are several different kinds used outside of cars, but the one in cars is located at the bottom of the engine. It is a "reservoir" where the oil used to lubricate the moving parts of the engine pools down into. Racing cars have a "dry" version of this, since in a regular version, the oil inside of it can slosh out, if the car turns to roughly. What is the name of this car part?

Question 22

What part is this?

This car part is a small device that sit right between the radiator and the engine of the car. What it does is it blocks the coolant from getting to the radiator until the engine has warmed up. In this car part is a cylinder that's filled with wax, yes wax, and once the engine heats up the wax starts to melt inside the cylinder and it expands, pushing on a valve that will allow the car's coolant to get into the radiator. How cool is that? What is the name of this car part?

Question 23

What part is this?

These are all varies sizes of the same car part. It was invented in 1891 by August Schrader and is used in every motor vehicle in the world today. It has three parts to it, a core, a stem and a cap. The whole thing is usually wrapped in rubber. This car part is used to pump into the tires and to keep air in the tires. It is important that the right sized cap is fitted on this part, as debris or water could get caught inside the stem, which wouldn't let it work anymore. What is the name of this car part?

Question 24

What part is this?

This car part has the job of ensuring that the right amount of power goes to the wheels of the car. All of those intricate components inside of it are gears, and they shift inside it to adjust how much power is needed to be put into the wheels to keep the car going. There are two basic types of this car part, one is manual and the other is automatic. With the manual one, it is up to the driver to shift gears, using a shift lever. With an automatic, it's well... automatic! The driver doesn't have to do anything. What is the name of this car part?

Question 25

What part is this?

The picture shown is an example of a good version of this car part and a bad one. This car part is a pretty important component of the car. It pushes the coolant through the car's engine block, all its hoses and the radiator, while also keeping the ideal operating temperature. Using the blades that make up part of it, and centrifugal force to push the cooled water into the cylinders of the car's engine. What is the name of this car part?

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