Engine: Description and Operation

WARNING: DO NOT OPERATE THE ENGINE WITH THE HOOD OPEN UNTIL THE FAN BLADE HAS BEEN FIRST EXAMINED FOR POSSIBLE CRACKS AND SEPARATION.

The 4.6L (4V)(281 CID) is a V-8 engine with the following features:
- dual overhead camshafts
- four valves per cylinder
- Sequential Multiport Fuel Injection (SFI)
- an aluminum intake manifold
- aluminum cylinder heads
- a cast aluminum, 90-degree V-cylinder block
- the camshafts are individually chain-driven with a hydraulic timing chain tensioner on each timing chain
- the electronic ignition system with eight ignition coils









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