A fuel injector (10, 10') for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a valve body; a valve seat associated with the valve body, the valve seat defining an outlet opening through which fuel may flow; an armature associated with the valve body and movable with respect to the valve body between a first position and a second position, the armature being associated with a closure member proximate the outlet opening and contiguous to the valve seat when in the first position, and spaced from the valve seat when in the second position; an electromagnetic coil being energizable to provide magnetic flux that moves the armature between the first and second positions to control liquid fuel flow through the outlet opening; a heating coil; characterized in a capacitor wherein the armature is a sealed hollow tube with a periphery thereof being constructed and arranged to direct fuel there-around, the capacitor is electrically connected between the electromagnetic coil and the heating coil, separating the electromagnetic coil and the heating coil, the electromagnetic coil being constructed and arranged to receive pulse width direct current modulation and the heating coil being constructed and arranged to receive alternating current on the same circuit; the valve body includes a tube portion and the armature is disposed in the tube portion, a fuel passage is defined between an outer periphery of the armature and an inside of the tube portion, the heating coil, for vaporizing liquid fuel as it exits the outlet opening, being disposed about the tube portion and energizable so as to heat fuel in the fuel passage by means of heating a wall of the valve body and by using AC current for inductively heating a portion of the armature. a valve body; a valve seat associated with the valve body, the valve seat defining an outlet opening through which fuel may flow; an armature associated with the valve body and movable with respect to the valve body between a first position and a second position, the armature being associated with a closure member proximate the outlet opening and contiguous to the valve seat when in the first position, and spaced from the valve seat when in the second position; an electromagnetic coil being energizable to provide magnetic flux that moves the armature between the first and second positions to control liquid fuel flow through the outlet opening; a heating coil; characterized in a capacitor wherein the armature is a sealed hollow tube with a periphery thereof being constructed and arranged to direct fuel there-around, the capacitor is electrically connected between the electromagnetic coil and the heating coil, separating the electromagnetic coil and the heating coil, the electromagnetic coil being constructed and arranged to receive pulse width direct current modulation and the heating coil being constructed and arranged to receive alternating current on the same circuit; the valve body includes a tube portion and the armature is disposed in the tube portion, a fuel passage is defined between an outer periphery of the armature and an inside of the tube portion, the heating coil, for vaporizing liquid fuel as it exits the outlet opening, being disposed about the tube portion and energizable so as to heat fuel in the fuel passage by means of heating a wall of the valve body and by using AC current for inductively heating a portion of the armature.