How to Use fuel injection in a Sentence

fuel injection

noun
  • Mechanics have cleaned the fuel injection system, changed the wiring to the O2 sensor, changed the EGR valve, changed spark plugs … all to no avail.
    Brad Bergholdt, chicagotribune.com, 15 Nov. 2019
  • But for 1975 the two-liter engine was upgraded to the Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection.
    Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The Nettuno utilizes two spark plugs per cylinder and port and direct fuel injection.
    David Beard, Car and Driver, 2 July 2020
  • It is powered by a Smeding 347 engine with Cross Ram fuel injection and upholstered with navy-blue leather and suede.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Another complaint in March said a driver had pulled out of his garage, saw smoke coming into the cab and found flames coming from the fuel injection pump area.
    Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The box office is getting some fuel injections this first weekend in August.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2019
  • The throttle now connects to Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection.
    Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 23 Sep. 2020
  • As in the new CR-V hybrid, the two electric motors are now arranged side by side, and the Atkinson-cycle 2.0-liter inline-four gas engine gains direct fuel injection.
    Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 10 Nov. 2022
  • All XT4s are equipped with an aluminum block 2.0-liter turbocharged engine with direct fuel injection.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Dubbed Godzilla, this all-new pushrod V-8's two valves per cylinder and port fuel injection are simple, but the engine is graced with displacement and an old-school pushrod valvetrain.
    K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Situated just in front of the rear axle was a 3.5-liter M88 inline-six with mechanical fuel injection.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2024
  • It's got variable valve timing, two cams directing four valves over every cylinder, and both port and direct fuel injection.
    John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Therefore, any oxygenate added to the gasoline would be useless — or even detrimental to the programmed fuel injection systems’ function.
    star-telegram, 20 Oct. 2017
  • An associated change is the deletion of the CVCC prechambers with their tiny intake valves; the fuel injection offers no easy means of providing the richer mixture burned in the prechambers.
    Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The company sold motor fuel as well, but the growth stalled, choked by geographical constraints the rise of fuel injection, and the use of electronic sensors in diesel engines.
    Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Features such as fuel injection and measures such as horsepower were the keys to attracting buyers and getting top dollars.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Modern cars have electronic fuel injection, so drivers need to let their vehicles run for only up to 30 seconds before pulling out of the driveway.
    Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021
  • Makers of mufflers, fuel injection systems and other parts could go out of business, leaving many workers jobless.
    New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Toyota says a diaphragm material in the fuel injection system can harden over time and crack, allowing fuel to leak.
    BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2018
  • The truck is powered by a 327ci V8 small-block engine that features a FiTech fuel injection, billet serpentine system and fully polished stainless-steel exhaust.
    Lorraine Longhi, azcentral, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Engines with electronic fuel injection have sensors that compensate for the cold by pumping more gasoline into the mixture.
    Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 29 Nov. 2017
  • Like all gasoline engines these days, your car has fuel injection, which is more precise, more efficient and more reliable than a carburetor.
    Ray Magliozz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2020
  • With Bosch direct-fuel injection, Mercedes’ single-overhead cam, straight-six engine displaced 3.0-liters and shifted through a four-speed transmission.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2023
  • In the last decade, engine technology evolved from carburetion to fuel injection.
    BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2021
  • Since that purchase, work completed on the SUV includes a new aftermarket fuel injection system, shocks, and suspension bushings and springs, including an oil change.
    Alexander Malburg, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Updated engine control software will also be installed to detect pressure drops in the fuel injection system.
    The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Both engines come with direct fuel injection, which helps improve fuel economy.
    G. Chambers Williams Iii, star-telegram, 28 Oct. 2017
  • And, later, had its engine's electronic fuel injection removed in favor of a carburetor.
    Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The German’s fighter’s fuel injection, however, granted it the ability to conduct more aggressive maneuvers that would stall the engines of less advanced aircraft like its British opponent.
    Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2020
  • Have the Japanese and the Europeans complicated their engines with overhead cams and electronic fuel injection and turbochargers?
    David E. Davis Jr., Car and Driver, 30 Jan. 2023

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