Patent ID: 6480781
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: F02B,F02D,Y02T

Abstract:
A method for trimming an engine operating in a steady state so that a plurality of injectors contained therein operate in a pre-selected mode, the method comprising:determining that a speed and a load of the engine are operating in a steady state; selecting one of the plurality of injectors; detecting an operating mode of the selected injector; recording the operating mode of the selected injector; sequentially repeating the above processes for each remaining unselected injector; comparing the recorded operating mode of the selected injector to the pre-selected operating mode to determine which of the selected injectors is not operating in the pre-selected operating mode; and changing the detected operating mode to the pre-selected mode for each of the selected injectors detected to be operating in other than the pre-selected operating mode.