Patent ID: 6786085
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: F02D,F02M

Abstract:
Fuel system for a motor vehicle with a fuel container from which a fuel pump transports fuel via fuel pipelines from a system input location in the fuel container via a fuel filter towards an engine,wherein a deposition tank is formed into a housing of the fuel filter under a filter material, which is provided in the housing, into which said tank dirt filtered out of the fuel is deposited, wherein a pressure accumulator is installed in the fuel system which accumulates and stores fuel when the engine is running and after the engine is switched off, the fuel stored in the pressure accumulator rinses the fuel filter to thereby operatively deposit said dirt into said tank, and wherein a delay valve is installed upstream of the pressure accumulator, so that after starting of the engine the pressure accumulator is filled with the fuel subject to a time delay.