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motor or engine?

To: british-cars@autox.team.net
Subject: motor or engine?
From: TVRVixen@aol.com
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 12:20:57 -0400
Chip Old said:

>Well, if you want to pick nits, "motor" is used correctly only as in 
>electric motor, while "engine" refers to internal combustion or steam 
>engines.  OTOH, it does sound silly to say "enginecycle" instead of 
>"motorcycle"...

my dictionary says:

mo-tor, noun, 
1. any thing or person that imparts motion, esp an engine that makes a
machine go. 
2. a dynamo. 
3. an internal-combustion engine. 
4. automobile
____________________________
Regarding motor oil in gearboxes.  Those of us with Minis never seem to worry
about this.  The transmission for the Mini is nearly identical to the Midget
/ Sprite box, and the Mini does fine with multigrade detergent oil.


DOn
 



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