check valve

noun

Definition of check valve

: a valve that permits flow in one direction only

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There is a vacuum check valve in the hose designed to maintain vacuum in the booster for brake application if the engine stalls. — Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, "Driver regrets not listening to his wife about brake failure," 7 Jan. 2018 First, the source of moisture should be investigated and eliminated and then the check valve and hose assembly may need to be replaced. — Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, "Driver regrets not listening to his wife about brake failure," 7 Jan. 2018 The company installed a new check valve to make sure the water flowed in the right direction and designed a new control system to prevent the problem from happening again. — Jessica Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Top mechanical contract company Butters-Fetting is hiring," 4 May 2018 In heavy storms, the bypass serves as a sort of check valve to keep swollen rivers from over-topping the levees that protect Sacramento from flooding. — Ryan Sabalow, Dale Kasler And Benjy Engel, sacbee, "Water rescues and flooded bypasses: Sacramento region gets late season soaking | The Sacramento Bee," 22 Mar. 2018 That’s enough to provide strong engine response while the turbo gets up to speed, at which point a check valve closes and the turbo takes over from the electric supercharger. — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, "Nine Things You Must Know about the New Mercedes Inline-Six," 20 Mar. 2018 Check the manual to see if the PCV valve is a check valve or some other method for metering manifold vacuum into the crankcase. — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, "How to Find a Vacuum Leak," 28 Feb. 2011 Bleed Paths: Small orifices (006) with one-way check valves allow fluid to bypass the compression spool valve during rebound and vice versa. — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, "Prime Cuts: We Cut Open a Multimatic Spool-Valve Damper to Reveal Its Secrets," 3 Nov. 2017

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