

| Subject: | Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice? |
| From: | Kenneth Lewis |
| Date: | Wed, 3 Jun 2009 07:51:10 -0400 |
Gregor, The injectors are wired in parallel so they all fire at the same time. I agree, it doesn't sound very efficient. I assume they only are operated for a fraction (one quarter?) of the duty cycle to get the proper charge. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/ On Tue, June 2, 2009 9:51 pm, Gregor Brandt wrote: > If the FI fire everytime a spark fires, and there are four plugs > sparking at different times, does that mean 3 times out of 4 we are > throwing fuel into a cylinder that is not firing? Where does that > fuel go, is it wasted? > > Gregor > > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Ken Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net> wrote: >> Robert, >> That sounds like normal operation. The injectors fire every time a spark >> plug does. The fuel pump runs for a few second every time an injector >> fires. >> When the engine is running the pump never times out and runs >> continuously. >> Ken Lewis >> http://neksiwel.20m.com/ >> in statu viae >> > >
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