Wiktionary
n. (context automotive English) The subsystem of an engine that takes the products of the combustion chamber through a catalytic converter and silencer to the exhaust pipe
WordNet
n. system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged [syn: exhaust]
Wikipedia
An exhaust system is usually piping used to guide reaction exhaust gases away from a controlled combustion inside an engine or stove. The entire system conveys burnt gases from the engine and includes one or more exhaust pipes. Depending on the overall system design, the exhaust gas may flow through one or more of:
- Cylinder head and exhaust manifold
- A turbocharger to increase engine power.
- A catalytic converter to reduce air pollution.
- A muffler (North America) / silencer (UK/India), to reduce noise.
Usage examples of "exhaust system".
These diagrams show, and label, certain major components of the boiler system (the firebox and its grate, the water circulation, the steam dome, and the superheater tubes), the engine system (the steam chest, the valve, and the cylinder-and-piston), the transmission system (the crosshead, main rods, and connecting rods), the driving and leading wheels, the valve control system (the eccentric crank and rod), the exhaust system (exhaust pipes, smoke box and smokestack), and the control system (throttle valve, throttle lever, safety valve).
If there was anything left of' the exhaust system to attach a silencer to, that was, besides a lot of rusty lace.
But no one has seen him working on the car's exhaust system, which was totally shot when he wheeled the '58 in here for the first time late last summer.
Pitt had lost one and a half points out of a perfect hundred because the Stutz cigarette lighter didn't work and the exhaust system did not strictly adhere to the original design.
The initial stage will lock to infrared from the engine exhaust system.
He was wandering around underneath it, peering at the rusty exhaust system.
With an ear-splitting roar of its unmuffled exhaust system, the battered yellow cab squealed to a stop in front of the restaurant.
The Suzuki had a four-into-two-into-one exhaust system running from header pipes to the silencer.
Every time you look at the goddam things crosseyed and say boogabooga at them the engine's outta tune or the exhaust system drops off or the steering linkage is gone.
The kind you use around your house to solder leaky pipes or mend your exhaust system or whatever.
Every time you look at the goddam things cross-eyed and say booga-booga at them the engine's outta tune or the exhaust system drops off or the steering linkage is gone.
Must have heard the station wagon start up half a mile away, for the exhaust system was shot.