fuel flow sensing
Ting Zhou
Ting.Zhou at GAT.COM
Tue Sep 16 16:53:29 GMT 1997
>> Maybe some kind soul could help out this old fossil and suggest some
>> suitable "donor" car models/years and where the sensor would be found,
>> roughly (and please don't just say, "in the fuel line, you dummy", cause
>> I can figure THAT out, heh).
>
>I'm sure that most manufacturers do this like Ford does. There is no
>actual sensor in the fuel system. The fuel consumption can be derrived
>by the on time of the injectors. The computer then sends this signal to
>the trip computer in the form of a PWM signal. In a Ford Computer this
>is done on a line labeled DOL (Data output link). The computer also has
>an input from the VSS (Vehicle Speed Sensor) and can thus calculate MPG.
>
Holden is doing the same thing in their VP, VR, and VS model.
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