Automotive Acronyms

Subject: Re: Automotive Acronyms Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:37 pm

Rickw wrote:: MFG = Manufacturer (always did in my neighborhood) and in the manufacturing world that I worked in.

Right now I'm trying to get that %#$*! brake pedal assy out of the car, to fix the MFG's lousy design in the first place, and out of 6 nuts, they put 1 right behind the steering shaft u-joint... So my vote is actually:

MFG = More Fuckin' Grief!! headbutt

(ALDL = Assembly Line Data Link)

Subject: Re: Automotive Acronyms Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:56 am

Actually, ALDL & DLC should be put on the list...
And I just remembered another one: CHMSL - Center High Mounted Stop Lamp, AKA 3rd Brake Light.

Subject: Re: Automotive Acronyms Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:17 am

MFG, ALDL, DLC, and CHMSL have been added, thanks.

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Subject: Re: Automotive Acronyms Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:04 pm

Heres a few more Acronyms not on the list

EFI- Electronic Fuel Injection
PROM- Programmable Read Only Memory
EEPROM- Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
RAM- Random Access Memory
AFR- Air / Fuel Ratio
OBD (I or II)- On Board Diagnostics (Gen 1 or 2)
BOV - Blow Off Valve (see also POV)
POV - Pop Off Valve (see also BOV)
MS - Multi-Switch
HU- Head Unit
BDC- Bottom Dead Center
BTDC- Before Top Dead Center
ATDC- After Top Dead Center

Subject: Re: Automotive Acronyms Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:34 pm

Not a bad list. I would add that EFI is analog electronic injection, preceding DFI, Digital or computerized Fuel Injection. Think optional Cadillac injection in the 70's, versus the ECM type that began in 1980.