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Trabant motor is a 2-stroke engine. Oil is mixed with the fuel on the tank and the fuel tank is positioned above the engine so they flow through gravity. This m
by marcodiego 5y ago
Trabant motor is a 2-stroke engine. Oil is mixed with the fuel on the tank and the fuel tank is positioned above the engine so they flow through gravity. This means only a single filter for fuel and oil is used and no need for fuel or oil pump. A very durable configuration. They are also very easy to repair. These features made Trabant such a durable car that owners eventually abandoned them in working condition instead of selling or scraping.
It could be even more durable if the engine was a 2-stroke valve-less design. But I don't know of any car that used such engine.
- endymi0n 5y agoDisregarding the practical aspects and all nostalgia: All that unburnt fuel and oil vapor from the 2 stroke was a major ecological and health hazard and I‘m glad they‘re long gone. Every time a Trabbi Safari passes by me around Checkpoint Charlie, the smell makes me almost want to puke instantly. I can‘t even imagine by now how East Berlin must have smelled 40 years ago and what toll it must have taken on the health of residents.
- marcodiego 5y agoYeah, durable but certainly pollutant and unhealthy.
- foepys 5y agoTwo strokes are still in use. Small scooters use them and some competition enduro motorcycles up to 250cc as well. Nothing that needs to meet emission standards, though.
- hef19898 5y agoJust throw leaded fuel in the mix. I know my classic V8 is definitely more smelly than anything modern. And it was a rather modern V8, despite double carbs is already almost de-doxed.