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Floor Pan

See floorpan.

Floorboard

The slanted section of the floor pan immediately behind the firewall.

Floorboard

See floorpan.

Floorboard It

A term used for floored or floor it.

Floored

To run at full throttle. Also floorboard it and floor.

Floorpan

The metal bottom of a vehicle's passenger compartment, including the cargo area of a van or SUV.

Flopper

A funny car with a fiberglass body that flops up in the front to provide access to the engine, chassis, and driver compartment.

Floppy Disk

A flexible 5.5- or 3.5-inch disk used widely with microcomputers and minicomputers, providing electronic media storage at a relatively low cost.

Flow Chart

1. A graphical representation of the sequence of events and or testing that leads to the diagnosis and repair of a system, circuit, or component. 2. In computers, a graphical representation of the sequence of events occurring during program execution.

Flow Coating

A method of applying paint by passing parts on a conveyor through a chamber where several nozzles direct a shower of coating material over the parts.

Flowability

1. The ability of molten filler metal to flow. 2. The ability of a fluid or vapor to flow.

Fluid

Any liquid or gas.

Fluid Aeration

Air bubbles formed in a fluid, giving the appearance of foam.

Fluid Cooler

1. Small heat-exchanger component in a hydraulic line near the pump to reduce power-steering-fluid temperature. 2. A device inside the radiator to provide cooling for transmission fluid. 3. Any heat exchanger designed to reduce the temperature of a fluid.

Fluid Coupling

A device in thee power train containing two rotating members, one of which transmits power to the other via fluid.

Fluid Pressure

The pressure of a fluid that is invariable and uniform in all directions.

Fluidizer Oils

Oils typically used with deposit control additives to control deposit formation on intake valves. (Removes cauliflower deposits).

Fluorescent

Having the property of giving off light when bombarded by electrons or radiant energy.

Fluorocarbon

Any of a group of chloroflourocarbon refrigerants, such as R-12.

Flush

1. To use a fluid to remove solid and semisolid particles such as metal flakes or dirt. 2. To purge refrigerant passages with a clean, dry gas, such as nitrogen (N).