Inline 5 Cylinder Engine - Explained

Audi & Volvo like this!!

A friend of mine had an Audi RS2 avant with a 5-cylinder motor... that thing was a fast beast and it was probably the best sounding engine I've ever heard below 6 cylinder sizes but still better than a few inline sixes and v8's out there.

But they sound bad. Odd harmonics.

The puppy torque of engen is sweet

I have a chevy Colorado with 3.5 I5 , always wondered about that engine. Thanks for the video

ok here is the challange i was changing the crankshaft seal had the cams locked i neglected to lock the crank when i went to remove the crankshaft bolt the crankshaft spun and now i need to reset the initial timing in a volvo 5 cylinder Q. how does the timing for the crankshaft and camshaft get set if there is 2 cylinders in compression stroke

volvo is the king of 5 cylinder engines

Thanks, The inline 5 has the same Rocking Couple as an in-line 3!

Question: why has my in-line 5cylinder Not a balancer shaft?

VW Quantum (Passat 32B by us in Germany) from year 1987

Sorry for my bad english

For Diesel motors this configuration was great. Mercedes has built a lot of them, mainly on 50's with the 170 cars, well into 60's, then later lending them to SsangYong vans and pick ups. They were wonderfully smooth. Dont know if they still build them.

I really like this chanel. Thank a lot. Sir

2.4 20v JTDm here and i love it 💪

+1. .. Fond memories of the Audi inline 5cly 2.2l turbo used in the mid-nineties models UrS4 and UrS6, both sedan and kombi. .. RS2 enhancements at an owners fingertips. ...

Morning guys I have a mercedes benz sprinter 416 cdi can you please help with the firing order coz I have done the top n when u crank it, does not want to start so I m suspecting the firing order

Also a pro is, that its possible to fit it in cars with power delivered to the front sideways allowing also for a shorter car if you wish. Therefore it will rock the car a little of course.
An I6 however wont fit sideways easily, especially in cars with power delivered to the front. Most likely you will put is parallel to the driving direction requireing a longer hood.
Therefore an I6 counters all primary and secondary forces and doesnt rock allowing for even higher revs. I6s are easy to work on making them one of the ideal engines for tuners.

Considering how much people hate the sound and feel of 4-cylinder engines in luxury cars, I'm surprised turbo 2.5L I5s haven't started becoming popular as a premium engine option for small to midsize cars. They burn less fuel than a V6 while feeling and sounding more special. What's not to like?

I like my Fiat Marea 2.4 20v. Nice car!!

I hate it because vw decided it would be better than just destroking a vr6. The vr6 has a cylinder wall issue, sure. Cylinder head issue, definitely. But it's a small price to pay to get true i6 firing order and balance. A destroked vr6 could have been a monster 400-700hp 10k rpm beast

I have a 2005 VW Jetta 2.5 and I always was wondering how a 5 cylinder worked! Thanks for the video!

Audi´s i5 don´t have a balance shaft. at least the i5 i had/have (NG2 and AAN) they balance the engine with some unbalances in the flywheel and in the timing belt wheel.

:29 you said 4 stroke instead of 4 cylinder . . .

I love my B5244T!

What about the balancing characteristics of this engine

Honda should have kept the 5 cylinder..

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Bought me an xr5 just for the amazing sound.

please explain 5 cylinder valve adjust

My 1994 single cab chassis VW Transporter has a 2.5 litre inline 5 Cyl. Still going strong. slow revving but smooth power with low rpm's

As a Volvo s60R owner i support this video haha

Didn't understand how the primary forces and the secondary forces are balanced on the vertical plane. Anyone got it?

looking at that crankshaft head-on diagram, it seems to me like they should go 14253 instead of 14325. Like the firing order on a radial. I'm guessing either there's a vibration effect not immediately obvious to me or maybe an enhanced torque delivery like with a 270 degree twin.

Just dropping a comment here in 2021 as I just watched the video. I was always curious but never did any research at all.
Thanks for the video.

I would like a little more in depth version of this video

When do you use an I5? When you want a station wagon that sounds like a Lambo.

Volvo s60r anyoneeee???

What does this have to do with the price of tea in china?

Pro: balanced reciprocating mass.
Con: Plane imbalance.
Me: visible confusion

Regarding what he said about i5s being shorter than I6s, volvos successor to the 6cyl version of the 5cyl was actually 1mm shorter than the i5.

why dont they put the solo piston in the center instead of the end

But the real reason to use an inline-5 is the sound. Fun is a thing, y’all.

why are you in such a hurry

I never hear of 5 Cylinders 5 straight are 2 Pistons some on one side are 3 on the other side in one Block.

That crank shaft drawing is wrong...

@engineeringexplained care to explain why this got the crankshaft drawing wrong?

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I have a 5-cylinder in my Chevrolet Colorado. It's great!

Honda also had the G series engine. They abandoned it in 1998. There could have been a VTEC I5.

Having owned

I2,I3,I4,I6,F6,V6,V8 engines I've never owned an I5 but they're the best sounding other than a V10.

Flat plane crank V8s and V12s also sound amazing 🤩

Best frickn exhaust note ever