What is cylinder cycle means?

The most common cycles are the 2 stroke and 4 stroke. One cycle means the pistion inside of the cylinder will move fron one end to the other 2 times in a 2 stroke engine and 4 times in a 4 stroke engine. 2 cycle

1. intake and compression - air/fuel is drawn in and compressed by the pistion moving to the top of the cylinder

2. combustion and exaust - compressed air/fuel is ignited and gases expelled as pistion moves to the bottom of the cylinder 4 cycle (spark ignition engine)

1. intake - exaust valve(s) are closed then the intake valve(s) open and air/fuel is drawn in as piston moves to bottom of the cylinder

2. compression - intake valve(s) close and air/fuel is compressed as piston moves to the top of the cylinder

3. combustion - spark plug ignites the mixture and piston moves to the bottom of the cylinder

4. exaust - exaust valve(s) open and gases are forced out as piston moves to the top of the cylinder There is a lot more to this but I hope I pointed you in the right direction.