REFLECTOR: Fuel Flow Sensor

[Brian Michalk]

Don't forget O2 sensors.  Closed loop operation makes fuel flow like we 
are talking about obsolete for engine management.  And, like you said, 
it also happens to be accurate for totalizing fuel when you know the 
fuel pressure, and the injector dwell.

NMFlyer1 at aol.com wrote:
> Automotive Fuel Flow.
>  
>  
> Unless they changed something in the last couple years, they use the 
> computer.
> The onboard computer takes all of the sensor inputs, and knows how much 
> HP the engine is delivering and under what load. It then tells the fuel 
> injectors how much fuel to deliver (using dwell time). It doesn't 
> actually measure how much fuel is being used, it calculates how much 
> fuel the engine should use under those specific conditions.
>  
> Kurt
> 
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