Glossary “CSS” Definition:
Coast Clutch Solenoid
c
CSSA
Glossary “CSSA” Definition:
Cold Start Spark Advance
CSSH
Glossary “CSSH” Definition:
Cold Start Spark Hold
CSTTS
Glossary “CSTTS” Definition:
Cold Start Thermal Time Switch
CSFI
Glossary “CSFI” Definition:
Central Sequential Fuel Injection
CSFIS
Glossary “CSFIS” Definition:
Cold Start Fuel Injector Switch
CSE GND
Glossary “CSE GND” Definition:
Case Ground.
cruise control
Glossary “cruise control” Definition:
Control system that allows the vehicle to maintain a preset speed, with no other driver input.
crush
Glossary “crush” Definition:
Amount of compression required to seat a rod or main bearing into its housing bore when properly torqued.
crush relief
Glossary “crush relief” Definition:
Area at the edge of a rod, or main bearing, that allows the crush to occur.
crush sleeve
Glossary “crush sleeve” Definition:
Sleeve that is used to position a pinion gear in the differential; designed to crush when torqued to specifications and to properly provide bearing pre-load.
CS
Glossary “CS” Definition:
Control Solenoid
CRS
Glossary “CRS” Definition:
Cold-Rolled Steel.
CRT
Glossary “CRT” Definition:
Cathode-Ray Tube.
crude oil
Glossary “crude oil” Definition:
Petroleum in its natural state; as pumped from the ground before refinement.
cruise
Glossary “cruise” Definition:
Mode of engine operation in which the throttle is partially open, and load is moderate. During cruise, less that full power is produced or required.
crowd
Glossary “crowd” Definition:
An accelerator action that maintains a constant manifold-vacuum reading, requiring a progressive opening of the throttle as the vehicle speed is increased.
crown
Glossary “crown” Definition:
The top surface of a piston.
crown gear
Glossary “crown gear” Definition:
The ring gear in a differential.
crowned road
Glossary “crowned road” Definition:
Roadway the is higher in the center than at the outer edges.