A na-etinye isi cylinder engine n'elu ihe mgbochi cylinder dị ka ihe na-ebu ụgbọ okporo ígwè valve, nke na-ekpuchi cylinder ahụ n'elu ma mejupụta ụlọ ọkụ. Ebe ọ bụ na ọ na-akpakọrịta na okpomọkụ dị elu na nnukwu nrụgide gas, ọ ghaghị ibu ibu ibu ọkụ na ibu ọrụ. Ọ bụrụ na isi cylinder na-eweli elu ma ọ bụ gbatịa ma mebie ya, na-ebibikwa akara n'etiti ya na elu elu nke ahụ, ihe na-emekarị ọdịda na-aga n'ihu na-ere ọkụ nke cylinder gasket na ihe ndị na-esonụ ọdịda: mmiri n'ime mmanụ dị n'ime. ite mmanụ, mmanụ n'ime mmanụ Elu na-ebili; enwere ikuku ikuku na tank mmiri; anwụrụ ọcha na-esi na ọkpọkọ ikpochapu; ikuku ikuku na-esi na nkwonkwo elu nke isi cylinder na ahụ pụta; mmetụta mkpakọ na-apụtaghị ìhè mgbe a na-atụgharị crankshaft, na locomotive siri ike ịmalite. Ya mere, nnyocha nke flatness nke engine cylinder isi dị mkpa karịsịa.
Usoro iji lelee ịdị larịị nke isi cylinder bụ ndị a:
1 Ngwá ọrụ nkwadebe: mma n'ọnụ nlele, feeler gauge, rag
2 Ngwaọrụ nyocha Hichapụ ihe nlele ihu mma na ihe mmetụta, hichaa cylinder
3 Malite nha, wee tụọ dịka eserese ọnọdụ. Mara: Zenarị oghere bolt mgbe ị na-atụ ihe.

4. Site n'ịhụ ọdịiche dị n'etiti onye na-achị ọnụ mma na cylinder, a na-atụle ọdịiche nke na-enyefe ọkụ kachasị na ihe mmetụta mmetụta, na uru kachasị elu nke nwere ike ịtinye bụ njehie flatness nke ụgbọ elu.