1.1. General information about the car

The Chery Amulet car of small middle class (a class C on the international classification) assemble on JSC Avtotor (Kaliningrad) since April, 2006 in three complete sets: A15 I, A15 II, A15 III.

Complete set of A15 I — base, with a minimum level of equipment. It includes a full-size spare wheel, the conditioner, the hydraulic booster of the steering, a steering column regulated on height, audiopreparation (loudspeakers, the aerial and all necessary conducting) and fog lights.

On cars in A15 II complete set in addition establish electrowindow regulators, the central lock and light-alloy wheels of wheels.

A15 III complete set, besides listed, includes the electric drive of adjustment of mirrors, a CD player, anti-blocking system of brakes (ABS) and a safety cushion of the driver and the forward passenger.

In this book the car in the fullest complete set of A15 III is described.

Cars of all complete sets equip with the petrol four-cylinder engine located across a motor compartment with the distributed system of injection of fuel in working volume of 1,6 l, the SOHC type (with one camshaft and 8 valves), capacity of 69 kW (94 h.p.).

Type body the five-door hatchback bearing, all-metal, a welded design with hinged forward wings, doors, a cowl and a back door. Windscreen and glass of a door of a back the pasted. Seats of the driver and the forward passenger regulated in the longitudinal direction and on a back tilt angle, are equipped with head restraints. The back seat is also equipped with head restraints for lateral passengers. The back of a back seat can be cast away forward in parts in a proportion 40:60.

Transmission is executed according to the front-wheel scheme with drives of forward wheels of different length. Cars are equipped with a mechanical five-speed transmission.

Forward suspension bracket of type MacPherson, independent, spring, with the stabilizer of cross-section stability, with hydraulic amortizatorny racks. A back suspension bracket semi-dependent, spring, with hydraulic shock-absorbers.

Brake mechanisms of forward wheels disk, with a floating bracket, back — drum-type, with the device of automatic adjustment of gaps between brake shoes and drums. Depending on a complete set cars can be equipped with anti-blocking system of brakes (ABS).

The steering safety, with the steering mechanism of type a gear wheel lath, is equipped by the hydraulic amplifier and a steering column regulated on a tilt angle. In a nave of a steering wheel the safety cushion is established.

Part of let-out cars equip with window regulators of lobbies and back doors with the electric drive.

All cars are equipped with inertial three-dot seat belts for the driver, the forward passenger and extreme passengers on a back seat. For the average passenger on a back seat the zone belt is provided.

Fig. 1.1. Overall dimensions of the car

Overall dimensions of the car are shown on fig. 1.1

Fig. 1.2. Podkapotnoye car space (top view): 1–block of the relay and safety locks of headlights and conditioner; 2–an airbringing sleeve; 3–throttle knot; 4–engine; 5–inlet pipe; 6–the index (щуп) oil level in system of greasing of the engine; 7–ignition coil; 8–vacuum amplifier of brakes; 9–tank of the main brake cylinder; 10-broad tank of system of cooling of the engine; 11-block of the relay and safety locks of the electrofan of system of cooling of the engine; 12-tank of a washer of a windscreen; 13-tank of the hydraulic booster of a steering; 14-storage battery; 15-main unit of safety locks; 16-electronic and hydraulic block of anti-blocking system of brakes (ABS); 17-transmission; 18-starter; 19-radiator of system of cooling of the engine; 20-stopper of a maslonalivny mouth; 21-thermofilter; 22-conditioner compressor; 23-generator; 24-cover of a drive of the gas-distributing mechanism; 25-air filter

, the technical characteristics is given in tab. 1.1. The elements of the car located in podkapotny space, and the main units are shown on fig. 1.2, fig. 1.3 and fig. 1.5.

Fig. 1.3. Podkapotnoye car space (bottom view) and main units: 1–brake mechanism of a forward wheel; 2–pump of the hydraulic booster of a steering; 3–engine; 4–forward stretcher; 5–a reception pipe of system of production of the fulfilled gases; 6–starter; 7–transmission; 8–draft of a drive of a steering; 9–lever of a forward suspension bracket; 10-drive of the left forward wheel; 11-an opening stopper for oil plum from a transmission; 12-back stretcher; 13-stabilizer of cross-section stability; 14-drive of the right forward wheel; 15-an opening stopper for oil plum from the engine

Fig. 1.5. Main units of the car (bottom view behind): 1–brake mechanism of a back wheel; 2–main exhaust silencer; 3–a niche for a spare wheel; 4–fuel tank; 5–amortizatorny rack of a back suspension bracket; 6–cable of a drive of lay brake system; 7–beam of a back suspension bracket; 8–catalytic converter of the fulfilled gases; 9–additional exhaust silencer