Word: hydrocarbon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Blow-by is Detroit's name for the unburned fuel vapors that escape from the cylinders of an internal combustion engine during the compression stroke. From the cylinders, the fuel enters the crankcase, where its hydrocarbon-rich fumes mingle with the vapors from hot engine oil, then slip out through a vent into the surrounding atmosphere...