Engine: Description and Operation
Mechanism and Function
General
The SUBARU 1800 4-Door sedan and station wagon house a horizontally opposed 4-cylinder, 4-stroke cycle, liquid-cooled OHC gasoline engine. This well-balanced engine, adopting a horizontally opposed piston arrangement, is made of an aluminium alloy, and is light weight and compact in construction. This engine also adopts the OHC (Over-Head Camshaft) system, hydraulic lash adjuster, MPFI system, and turbocharger, attaining easier maintenances servicing, and reliability as well as low fuel consumption, low noise and powerful performance.