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The four-stroke diesel cycle
AUS-MED-M2 · The Engine · AUS-MED-M2-A The diesel, and what actually breaks
This lesson explains how the four-stroke diesel cycle works, covering each stroke in sequence, why compression alone triggers ignition, what exhaust smoke colours reveal about engine faults, and how the two-stroke alternative handles gas exchange differently.
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