Name ____________________Class
Isaiah Garcia __________
Auto P5 Date ___/___
1 7 /___
21 Score _____
CHAPTER 11: FUEL SYSTEM
Readability Worksheet
Directions
Read the textbook to fill in the missing words from the sentences below.
1. The fuel must be mixed with ____________________
air either
____________________
before the combustion chamber (indirect injection - low
pressure system) or ____________________
inside the combustion chamber (direct
injection - high pressure system), where it is then burned.
2. The most common reason for having to remove the fuel tank is replacement of
a faulty or worn-out in-tank electric ____________________
fuel pump.
3. The fuel pump, either mechanical or electric, supplies the
____________________
engine with fuel.
4. Fuel filters contain a paper type element to collect ____________________.
continaments
5. In a TBI system, a fuel ____________________
injector is placed
____________________
above the throttle body, supplying fuel to all the cylinders.
6. In a PFI system, there is a fuel injector located near the
____________________
intake port (before the intake valve) for each cylinder.
7. In a GDI system, each ____________________
cylinder has a fuel injector that sprays a
high-pressure fuel mist directly into the ____________________
combustion chamber.
8. An air ____________________
filter cleans dirt and dust from air that is drawn into
the ____________________.
engine
9. A ____________________
sensor on the accelerator pedal sends information to the
powertrain control module (PCM), which processes the request and sends the
information to a motor on the ____________________
throttle valve.
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10. The difference between the outside (____________________)
atmosphere pressure and the
intake manifold pressure is defined as ____________________
engine vacuum.
11. The ____________________
MAF measures the volume (quantity) and mass
(density) of air entering the engine.
12. A ____________________
throttle position sensor is used to track the position of the
throttle.
13. An engine coolant temperature (ECT) sensor monitors the
____________________
temprature of the engine.
14. A ____________________
turbocharger is a turbine and compressor (an air pump) attached
to the exhaust system.
15. Crude oil is a ____________________
non renewable energy resource.
16. Gasoline engines are considered ____________________
spark ignition engines.
17. The higher the octane number, the more the fuel ____________________
resist
detonation under pressure.
18. When compared to lower cetane number fuels, diesel fuels with a higher cetane
number have a ____________________
shorter time delay from when the diesel is
injected into the combustion chamber to the point when it ignites.
19. Most automotive gasoline engines are designed to run on unleaded gasoline
with an octane number of ____________________
87 or greater.
20. Fuel prices are influenced by ____________________,
taxes marketing costs,
distribution costs, geographical region, refinery productivity,
____________________,
supply ____________________,
demand crude oil prices, markup
(i.e., profits), investor speculation of future prices, and world events.
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