Diesel Engine Fuel Supply System
Diesel Engine Fuel Supply System
Diesel Engine Fuel Supply System
1. Brief introduction
Diesel engines use diesel as fuel. Indices for evaluation are:
1. Ignition quality: evaluation of diesel spontaneous ignition capability (indicated by cetane value).
2. Evaporation
3. Viscosity: measurement of fuel fluidity.
4. Condensation point: temperature at which diesel starts to loss its fluidity.
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Diesel engine and gasoline engine basically have the same structure. Both consist of cylinder block, cylinder head,
piston, valve, crank, crankshaft, camshaft, and flywheel etc. However, the former uses compression-ignited diesel
to do work, while the latter uses ignited gasoline to do work. The essential difference is between “compression
ignition” and “lighted ignition”.
Gasoline engine fuel is mixed with air in air intake stroke and then enters cylinder, where it is ignited by spark
plug to do work. Diesel engine fuel is directly injected into cylinder near end of compression stroke, where it is
ignited by compression in compressed air. Due to this difference, diesel engine has its characteristics in structure
of fuel supply system. Fuel injection system of diesel engine consists of fuel injection pump, fuel injector, high
pressure fuel pipe and some auxiliaries.
Simple process of diesel engine fuel transmission: the fuel transfer pump delivers diesel to the filter. After
filtering, the diesel will enter fuel injection pump (to ensure sufficient fuel and maintain certain pressure, it is
required that fuel supply by fuel transfer pump is much higher than demand by injection pump, surplus diesel will
return to fuel tank via low pressure pipe and other part will be compressed to high pressure by injection pump),
pass HP fuel pipe, and then enter injector for direct injection into cylinder combustion chamber for compression
ignition.
To allow stable operation of diesel engine at idling speed and limit engine overspeed, fuel injection pump is
provided with governor. Fuel injection pump is the most precise part of diesel engine fuel supply system and its
function is to adjust amount of diesel according to change of diesel engine operating conditions, increase diesel
pressure, and supply diesel to injector according to set time and rule.
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4. Torque parameters
Nm
Fuel injection pipe clamp bolt 4-6
Fuel injection pipe connector and nut 23-37
Bolt between pump support and body 18-25
Bolt between injection pump and pump support 20-27
Injection pump mounting nut 15-22
Fuel return pipe nut 30-40
Injection nozzle 50-60
Positioning nut and nozzle 35-40
Pump sprocket nut 80-90
Fuel tank mounting bolts 15-22
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5. Special tool
Tool (No. and name) Picture Purpose
09310-43000 Fuel injection timing adjustment
Pre-travel measurement connector
Injection
pump
Fuel injection
pump
Fuel tank
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切断阀
Stop valve
Fuel
喷油嘴
injection
VE inject valve nozzle
VE 喷射泵
油箱
Fuel tank
柴油格
Diesel filter
7. Common troubleshooting
Fault Possible causes Repair
Engine Starting speed too low Repair starting system or charge/replace batteries so that engine
cannot can start at minimum 150rpm
start No voltage at fuel cutoff solenoid Check voltage with testing lamp; replace fuse/faulty line if
valve in fuel injection pump required
Loose or faulty fuel cutoff solenoid Tighten solenoid valve. Check valve noise when switch
valve in fuel injection pump operates (open or close). Replace faulty solenoid valve.
No voltage at preheat plug bus With switch “On”, if testing lamp shows no voltage at bus, test
relay and circuit.
Faulty preheat plug Perform test; replace preheat plug if required
Air in fuel system Vent air from fuel system
Injection pump not supplying fuel If no fuel comes out from soft injection pipe during starting,
check timing belt and fuel supply from filter
Wrong connection of injection pipe Connect fuel pipe at correct position
Incorrect fuel injection timing Adjust fuel injection timing
Faulty injection nozzle Check and repair/replace nozzle as required
Aforesaid engine mechanism fault Test cylinder compression pressure; repair engine if required
Faulty injection pump Try to start engine with a new pump; replace old pump if
required
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Adjustment
Venting of air from fuel pipeline
After the following maintenance, vent air:
● draining ad refilling of fuel during maintenance;
● replacement of fuel filter;
● removal of main fuel pipeline.
1. Remove air plug of fuel filter
2. Place cleaning cloth around air plug and
repeatedly operate hand pump till no bubble
comes out of the hole; tighten air plug.
3. Repeat these operations till it is difficult to
operate the hand pump.
Adjustment
Draining of water from fuel filter
If fuel filter indicator lights up, there is water in
the filter. Use the following steps to drain water:
1. Loosen drain plug;
2. Use hand pump to drain water; tighten the plug
by hand.
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Nozzle
Pressure of start of injection
1. Fix nozzle on nozzle tester and check the
following.
2. Move nozzle tester handle at about one stroke
per second.
3. When fuel is injected, pressure gauge pointer
slowly rises and sways. Take the reading at
the position where the pointer starts to sway.
Check if pressure of start of injection is
within standard value.
Standard value: 12,000-13,000 kPa
Limit value: 11,000 kPa or less
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Caution:
Installation sequence is the reverse of removal.
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1-drive shaft; 2-2-stage blade type fuel transfer pump; 3-gear; 4-roller; 5-roller support; 6-fuel supply advance angle auto
adjustment device (90° deployed); 7-disc cam; 8-fuel supply auto regulating lever; 9-distributing rotor spring; 10-fuel
amount control sleeve; 11-fuel relief hole; 12-distributing groove; 13-fuel outlet valve; 14-fuel inlet groove; 15-distributing
sleeve; 16-distributing rotor; 17-fuel cutoff solenoid valve; 18-starting spring; 19-full load regulating screw; 20-calibration
rod; 21-fuel return port; 22-pull rod; 23-governor spring; 24-fly block; 25-control level; 26-regulating valve
1. Driving mechanism
Drive shaft 1 is supported on Al alloy die cast pump casing and rotates at half the rotation speed of engine. This
shaft drives disc cam 7 via a driving disc. This disc cam has the same number of heaved faces as number of engine
cylinders. As driven by the drive shaft, this disc cam relies on roller 4 fixed on roller support 5 for reciprocal
movement according to specified convex surface lift. Rotor knock pin and distributing rotor spring 9 connected on
disc cam perform reciprocal movement with rotation of the disc cam. On 4-cylinder engine, since 4 rollers are
installed on the roller support, and the disc cam has 4 heaving faces, the plunger will perform 4 reciprocal
movements in each round.
2. 2-stage blade type fuel transfer pump
The 2-stage blade type fuel transfer pump is driven by the drive shaft to suck fuel from fuel tank. Then, this fuel
passes oil-water separator and fuel filter to enter the distributor; this section is LP fuel path. Regulating valve 26 is
used to adjust fuel transfer pump output pressure so that it suits rotation speed. Fuel is supplied to fuel injection
pump head at about 250kpa pressure at idling speed, or at 800kpa pressure at 4500rpm.
3. Distributor
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The distributor consists of distributing sleeve 15 that performs fuel metering, compression, distribution and output,
distributing rotor 16 (plunger), fuel amount control sleeve 10 and fuel cutoff solenoid valve 17.
The distributing plunger is press fit in the distributor and includes 1 fuel inlet hole and 4 evenly arranged fuel
outlet holes.
On the distributing rotor, 4 evenly arranged fuel inlet grooves 14, 1 distributing groove 12 and 1 fuel relief hole 11
are provided.
Fuel intake stroke: When the distributing rotor moves left under the action by its return spring, fuel relief holes on
this rotor will be closed by fuel amount control sleeve and the fuel will enter and fill pump cavity from fuel cutoff
solenoid valve and fuel inlet groove; refer to the following figure.
Fuel compression stroke: including decompression zone stroke and effective stroke. When rotor moves right under
the action by roller and disc cam, fuel relief holes on rotor are still closed by fuel amount control sleeve. With
rotor rotation, and obstructed fuel inlet groove and fuel inlet hole, fuel pressure in pump cavity rises quickly.
When this pressure is enough to overcome action of fuel outlet valve spring, this valve will open to supply fuel to
fuel injectors. This section is high pressure fuel path.
Fuel return stroke: During rightward movement of distributing rotor, when fuel relief hole exposes from fuel
amount control sleeve, i.e. facing pump casing, fuel inside distributing rotor will flow toward pump casing. At this
point, fuel compression stroke ends and remaining stroke is fuel return stroke.
During one round rotation of drive shaft, distributing rotor (plunger) performs 4 reciprocal movements and rotates
by 360°. Each of the 4 fuel inlet grooves connects to fuel inlet hole once, the distributing groove is connected to
each of 4 fuel outlet holes once, and each of the 4 fuel outlet valves opens once, i.e. supplying fuel to each of the 4
fuel injectors once.
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Amount of fuel supply is regulated by left and right sliding of fuel amount control sleeve, changing effective
stroke of distributing rotor before fuel relief hole exposes from fuel amount control sleeve, i.e. when this sleeve
moves left, effective stroke is shortened, reducing fuel supply; when the sleeve moves right, effective stroke is
lengthened, increasing fuel supply. Driver controls governor by acceleration pedal so as to change position of this
sleeve, realizing acceleration and deceleration.
The fuel cutoff solenoid valve controls LP fuel path. When ignition switch is at ON position, the solenoid valve is
energized, sucks up to open LP fuel path; when this switch is at OFF position, the solenoid valve is de-energized,
dropping down to close LP fuel path, and stopping the engine.
4. Fuel supply advance angle auto regulating device
As shown in the figure, This device is installed transversely at lower part of distribution pump and consists of
adjusting piston 4, adjusting spring 1, roller support 6 and roller 7 etc. There are 4 rollers 7 on the roller support.
The roller support is connected to adjusting piston via drive pin 2 and connecting pin 3. Piston cylinder left cavity
is connected to fuel inlet via fuel path and its right cavity is connected to pump cavity.
When engine rotation speed rises, drive shaft rotation speed also rises, as well as pressure of fuel transfer pump.
This acts on adjusting piston. When this force exceeds force of adjusting spring, adjusting piston will move in a
direction perpendicular to drive shaft. Therefore, via the drive pin, movement of adjusting piston drives roller
support to rotate in the reverse direction as drive shaft rotation (roller support is not affected by drive shaft
rotation direction), thereby accelerating disc cam lift time and advancing fuel supply.
5. Governor
Rotor distributed type fuel injection pump adopts omnirange mechanic governor (RSV type governor). In this
governor, a set of centrifugal element (fly block), spring and lever mechanism is used to control position of fuel
amount control sleeve, so that the engine can automatically adjust amount of fuel supply under various rotation
speeds.
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6. Supercharging compensator
Since the engine is fitted with turbo-supercharger, a supercharging compensator is installed on top of pump body.
This device is used to limit amount of fuel injection, so as to satisfy strict emission standard.
Supercharging
Air intake
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Removal
Fuel injection pipe
When loosening connector nut, use wrench to
clamp injection pump head fuel supply valve seat
or fuel return pipe hex nut to avoid their rotation
along with connector nut.
Caution:
VE type fuel injection pipe is different from
DPC type fuel injection pipe. During
installation, pay attention to this (outer side of
VE type injection pipe is yellow).
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Nozzle
Use deep socket wrench to loosen nozzle and
remove it.
Caution:
Mark cylinder No. on removed nozzle. Cover
open parts with suitable cover to prevent dust,
water and foreign matter from entering fuel
pipeline or combustion chamber.
Inspection
Nozzle
Check the following items. If a defect is found,
correct or replace.
Caution:
1) Add 0.1mm shims to increase pressure to
1000kPa;
2) Use 20 shims of thickness 1.00-1.95mm.
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Installation
Nozzle gasket and nozzle holder gasket
1. Clean cylinder head nozzle holder mounting
plate.
2. Place new nozzle gasket and holder gasket
into cylinder head nozzle holder hole.
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Nozzle
Use deep socket wrench to fit nozzle on cylinder
head and tighten to specified torque.
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1. Positioning nut
2. Fuel injector nozzle head
3. Washer
4. Locating pin
5. Pressure spring
6. Gasket A:35-40Nm
Note:
Install in the reverse order of removal.
Removal
Set nut
1. Use elastic support to lightly clamp set nut;
2. Use socket wrench to clamp set nut and a
deep socket wrench to loosen nozzle holder.
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Inspection
1. Check nozzle tip for accumulated carbon. Use
wood knife to remove accumulated carbon on
each part. Later, dip the parts in diesel. Pay
special attention to protect nozzle tip needle
valve.
2. While dipping nozzle tip in diesel, check the
needle valve for smooth sliding. If not,
replace nozzle tip. Before using a new nozzle
head, use clean diesel to completely remove
anticorrosion oil on the head.
3. Check plunger head “A” for deform and
breaking. If “A” is damaged or broken,
replace it.
Spacer
Check the surface in contact with nozzle holder.
Pressure spring
Check this spring for softening or breaking.
Re-installation
Set nut
1. Hand tighten nozzle holder.
2. Use gasket to lightly clamp set nut in jaw
vice.
3. Use socket wrench to clamp set nut and use
deep socket wrench to tighten nozzle holder
to specified torque.
Tightening torque: 35-40 Nm
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V. Fuel tank
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Removal
Fuel filter case
Clamp fuel filter in a jaw vice and use fuel filter
wrench to remove fuel filter case.
Inspection
1. General inspections
1) Check hose and pipeline for cracking, damage,
scratch and clogging.
2) Check fuel filter for clogging and damage.
2. Operation of water surface height transducer
Connect circuit tester to the transducer; when the
float moves up or down, if the circuit is not
conducting or conducting, the transducer is good.
Replacement
Fuel filter
1. Reduce fuel tank pressure by taking down
fuel filter cover.
2. Disconnect water surface height transducer
connector.
3. Use hand to remove fuel filter element from
fuel filter pump body.
4. Disconnect fuel hose (main) from fuel filter
pump.
5. Remove fuel filter pump.
6. Replace fuel filter element.
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Removal
1. Remove fuel drain plug and drain fuel.
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Installation
When connecting hose to pipeline, note that
overlap length shall be in specified range. Tighten
hose clamp at the position shown in the figure to
prevent interference of hose with other parts.
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Accelerator pedal
Caution:
The numbers indicate removal sequence. Installation sequence is the reverse.
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Throttle control
Re-installation
Accelerator pedal
Apply lubricating grease on accelerator pedal sliding
contact surface.
Return spring
Apply lubricating grease on inner surfaces.
Throttle cable
Fully rotate throttle button in the reverse direction
to the arrow marked on button. With inner cable
fully extended, install accelerator pedal or
accelerator rod. Confirm that draw-in bar at fully
extended position when engine speed is lowest.
Caution:
1) Sort each cable so that it is not in contact with metal plate.
2) Path radius of each cable shall be ≥150mm.
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Caution:
To install throttle control cable, do not move
engine side adjusting lever.
Dimension A: 0-5 mm
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Fuse block
Fuse 15
Throttle
position
sensor Solenoid Solenoid
valve valve
(duty (on/off)
ratio) Fuel cut-off
solenoid
valve
See the
grounding
distribution
Fuel
K line ON/START cut-off
shift
See the See the Input signal solenoid
starting charging valve
system Grounding control
system
(with the
stopping
device)
Water temperature
sensor
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Instrument
Preheating cluster Preheater relay
light
Speed
controller
Preheating
plug
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