

| Subject: | Re: FI question |
| Date: | Mon, 29 Apr 96 10:41:55 PDT |
On Sat, 27 Apr 1996, Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@www.mwc.edu> wrote:
>I was just curious as to what kind of Bosch fuel injection system was
>used on late breadloaf buses ('75-'79). Is it L-Jetronic or K-Jetronic?
>What's the difference? I read this somewhere before (in a Bosch FI
>book) but now I can't remember.
The FI system in your bus is Bosch L-Jetronic. The L is short for the
German word luft, which means air. In this system the amount of fuel
injected is based on how much _air_ enters the intake. This system also
goes by the moniker AFC for Air-Flow Control.
The Bosch K-Jetronic is the first Continuous Injection System (CIS).
I think it was used on water-cooled Rabbit/Golf VWs. The K is short for
the German word for continuous (Kontinuerlich). It's mostly a mechanical
system in the early versions.
Over the years, both systems were refined by the addition of an oxygen sensor
to attain a more precise air/fuel mixture. This is named Lambda control.
Jack '73 Westfalia ('78 motor)
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