Automotive Glossary


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CO2

Carbon Dioxide

Coach

A motor vehicle which is constructed or adapted t carry more than 16 seated passengers, with a DGW of more than 7,500kg and a maximum speed in excess of 60mph.


Coaching

Coaching is a method of directing, instructing and training a person or group of people, with the aim to achieve some goal or develop specific skills.

Coalescence

The fusing or flowing together of liquid particles. The term is frequently applied to waterborne coatings, which require coalescence to form a continuous film.

Coasting

Driving on very light throttle at a constant speed.

Coating

The act of applying paint or the actual film left on the substrate by an applied paint. A single coat may be produced by two passes of a spray gun, one overlapping the other in half steps. A double coat is two single coats with little or no flash-off time between them.

Cobwebbing

The tendency of sprayed paint to form strings or strands rather than droplets as it leaves the gun. May be caused by too fast or improper solvent, paint too thick or air pressure too low.

Coefficient of Friction

A value between 0 and 1 that indicates the ability of two materials to grip each other when sliding or rolling in contact with other.

Coil (Ignition)

An electrical transformer that increases the battery voltage to a high tension capable of arcing across the gap of spark plug electrodes.

Coil Spring

A spring that consists of a single length of bar wound into a helix (coil).


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