Patent ID: 8408180

Claim:
A control apparatus for a diesel engine mounted on a vehicle, wherein the diesel engine is equipped with a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber thereof, and a turbocharger having a turbine provided in an exhaust passage thereof, the control apparatus comprising an engine start controller which is configured, when a given engine stop condition is satisfied, to automatically stop the diesel engine, and, when a given engine restart condition is satisfied, to execute a given engine restart control for combusting fuel supplied to the combustion chamber through the fuel injection valve, wherein the engine start controller is operable, when an engine restart condition associated with a demand for vehicle start is satisfied, to execute a split-injection control to perform a main injection for injecting fuel at a timing around a top dead center of a compression stroke, and a post injection for injecting fuel in an expansion stroke following the main injection, during the engine restart control, and, when an engine restart condition nonassociated with the demand for vehicle start is satisfied, to execute the engine restart control to perform only the main injection without executing the split-injection control.