The fuel injection pump is the heart of the diesel engine. Precisely delivered fuel maintains a rhythm or timing that keeps the engine running smooth. Simultaneously, the pump also controls the amount ...

The diesel industry uses two basic styles of mechanical injection pumps: the inline and rotary. In most applications, the inline pumps are attached to inline engines (due to packaging), while the ...

Long before electronic fuel injection or even performance Holley carburetors, high-end racers operating primarily at wide-open throttle used a purely mechanical, constant-flow fuel-injection system ...

In the past, race-type constant flow fuel injection (Fl) systems have met with little success on the street. Usually designed only for high-speed idle and wide-open throttle (WOT) operation, such ...

and was designed to offer a more consistent method of delivering fuel. How does mechanical fuel injection work? Early mechanical fuel systems typically relied on a complicated fuel pump that would ...

You don't have to be Mr. Goodwrench to know that your car won't run without a steady supply of fuel, whether it runs on gasoline or diesel fuel. Less than three months ago, Honda recalled more than ...

Zak is new to the CarBuzz team, working as a freelance content writer. When Zak isn't writing How To articles for CarBuzz he's working as a high school automotive technology instructor. Before ...

There could be a couple of things going on here. The first is that these engines were old-fashioned mechanical fuel-pump units, so they need to be primed. That involves getting all of the air out of ...