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With our fuel/air mixture squeezed and hot, the spark plug fires, igniting the fuel/air combo. This is power stroke (cycle 3) where rapidly expanding hot gasses exert pressure on the piston, thrusting it downward in the cylinder, turning the crankshaft. Think of this like the hammer striking the shell and firing the bullet.
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