Direct injection. Just about every car has it now, and those that don’t probably will in the next few years. It can add power, reduce emissions, and is a big part of why just about everybody is ...

QUESTION: I was having a conversation about cars with my 14-year-old son, and the topic of fuel injection came up. He wanted to know how it works, and I began to tell him but then realized I was ...

A The writer recently bought a 1989 Chevrolet Corsica with a 2.8-liter, fuel-injected V-6 engine. He wants to keep the car for at least 10 years, but knows nothing about the fuel-injection system. He ...

The internal combustion gasoline engine -- we have a love/hate relationship with it. It creates a lot of pollution. It is incredibly inefficient. It spews carbon into the atmosphere. It makes us ...

The first thing you should understand is that direct-port, constant-flow fuel-injection—Hilborns, En-derles, Crowers, whatever—were never designed, nor intended, to be run on the street. All of these ...

The fuel injection pump is the heart of the diesel engine. Precisely delivered fuel maintains a rhythm or timing that keeps the engine running smooth. Simultaneously, the pump also controls the amount ...

Vehicle fuel injectors are integral to a car's engine fuel delivery system. Fuel injectors are responsible for delivering the right fuel at the right time. Gasoline and diesel-powered engines of all ...

This overview illustration will help you place many of the different sensors used in a multipoint fuel-injection (MPFI) engine such as a 5.0L Ford or GM tuned-port-injection (TPI) 305 or 350. One ...

The 1957 Corvette did something quietly radical: it took fuel injection out of the lab and the racetrack and put it on a showroom option sheet where ordinary buyers could check a box. The styling ...

I’m hoping you can bring an old-timer up to speed on fuel injection. I used to be pretty good at fixing things but hadn’t even considered trying to work on this one. I’d feel better driving if I had ...

Question: Can you explain how fuel injection works? I've been hearing about new ways this is done and realized I didn't understand the current kind. I grew up with carburetors and tinkered with them ...