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Design And Function: Piston

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Fig 1: Identifying Piston Cooling Nozzle
GLL156946Courtesy of VOLVO CARS CORPORATION
  1. Piston cooling nozzle

The pistons are die cast in aluminum and the connecting rods are forged in steel.

The heat received by the pistons from combustion, is cooled, partly via the coolant jacket in the block but also by the oil from the six piston cooling nozzles.