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fuel injector

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a device for actively injecting fuel into an internal-combustion engines by directly forcing the liquid fuel into the combustion chamber at an appropriate point in the piston cycle; - an alternative to a carburetor, in which an air-fuel mixture is drawn in by the downward stroke of the piston.

See also: Injector



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For example, installing larger fuel injectors can be a lot of work for the backyard mechanic.
Initially, he says, the thicker fluid creates greater pressure inside the generators fuel injector causing earlier injection of fuel into the engine and increasing its output.
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