Fuel injection is the introduction of fuel in an internal combustion engine, most commonly automotive engines, by means of a fuel injector. This article focuses on fuel injection in reciprocating pist
A cutaway model of a petrol direct-injected engine
Air-blast injection system for an 1898 diesel engine
Mechanical port injection system on a 1906 Antoinette 8V engine
1950s Rochester Ramjet mechanical port injection system (on a Chevrolet 283 engine)
Gasoline direct injection, also known as petrol direct injection, is a fuel injection system for internal combustion engines that run on gasoline. It injects fuel directly into the combustion chamber,
Fuel injection
…injectors located at the intake ports or throttle body, instead of inside the combustion chamber). This began to change when the first mass-produced petrol direct injection system for passenger cars was a common rail system introduced in the 1997 Mitsubishi 6G74 V6 engine. The first common-rail system for a passenger car…
Swirl cavity recessed into the top of a piston in the 2010–2017 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L engine