How to Use fuel injection in a Sentence

fuel injection

noun
  • The Nettuno utilizes two spark plugs per cylinder and port and direct fuel injection.
    — David Beard, Car and Driver, 2 July 2020
  • The box office is getting some fuel injections this first weekend in August.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Regarding the fuel injection setup, look for leaks and check fuel pressure.
    — John Paul, The Providence Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
  • It's got variable valve timing, two cams directing four valves over every cylinder, and both port and direct fuel injection.
    — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Both engines come with direct fuel injection, which helps improve fuel economy.
    — G. Chambers Williams Iii, star-telegram, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Makers of mufflers, fuel injection systems and other parts could go out of business, leaving many workers jobless.
    — New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Features such as fuel injection and measures such as horsepower were the keys to attracting buyers and getting top dollars.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The throttle now connects to Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection.
    — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Another complaint in March said a driver had pulled out of his garage, saw smoke coming into the cab and found flames coming from the fuel injection pump area.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The motor is linked with a CVT transmission and Bosch fuel injection.
    — New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Ford's remedy for the defect was to add a drain tube to send the gas away from hot surfaces, and a software update to detect a pressure drop in the fuel injection system.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 10 May 2024
  • Toyota says a diaphragm material in the fuel injection system can harden over time and crack, allowing fuel to leak.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2018
  • Like all gasoline engines these days, your car has fuel injection, which is more precise, more efficient and more reliable than a carburetor.
    — Ray Magliozz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2020
  • In the last decade, engine technology evolved from carburetion to fuel injection.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2021
  • Here's how to stay safe Carfax said modern cars use electronic fuel injection instead of a carburetor.
    — Jalen Williams, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Engines with electronic fuel injection have sensors that compensate for the cold by pumping more gasoline into the mixture.
    — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 29 Nov. 2017
  • Why newer cars don't need to warm up Most cars sold in America have an electric fuel injection instead of a carburetor.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Modern cars have electronic fuel injection, so drivers need to let their vehicles run for only up to 30 seconds before pulling out of the driveway.
    — Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021
  • And, later, had its engine's electronic fuel injection removed in favor of a carburetor.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Complete with fuel injection, this was a world-class sports car that raced with success against Ferrari, Jaguar, and Aston Martin.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2024
  • It is powered by a Smeding 347 engine with Cross Ram fuel injection and upholstered with navy-blue leather and suede.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2017
  • But for 1975 the two-liter engine was upgraded to the Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection.
    — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The company sold motor fuel as well, but the growth stalled, choked by geographical constraints the rise of fuel injection, and the use of electronic sensors in diesel engines.
    — Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Mechanics have cleaned the fuel injection system, changed the wiring to the O2 sensor, changed the EGR valve, changed spark plugs … all to no avail.
    — Brad Bergholdt, chicagotribune.com, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Dubbed Godzilla, this all-new pushrod V-8's two valves per cylinder and port fuel injection are simple, but the engine is graced with displacement and an old-school pushrod valvetrain.
    — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 25 Sep. 2020
  • The extreme conditions place tremendous stress on materials and components, while demanding highly precise fuel injection systems that can operate in less than a millisecond.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
  • This includes everything from fuel injection and exhaust to impurity removal, isotope separation, and tritium storage.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Nov. 2025
  • Since that purchase, work completed on the SUV includes a new aftermarket fuel injection system, shocks, and suspension bushings and springs, including an oil change.
    — Alexander Malburg, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2022
  • An associated change is the deletion of the CVCC prechambers with their tiny intake valves; the fuel injection offers no easy means of providing the richer mixture burned in the prechambers.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The truck is powered by a 327ci V8 small-block engine that features a FiTech fuel injection, billet serpentine system and fully polished stainless-steel exhaust.
    — Lorraine Longhi, azcentral, 15 Jan. 2020

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