The Story Of Fuel Injection

This is the story of how fuel injection transformed from it's simple beginnings as a mechanism to burn fuel oil to the complex computer driven integrated fuel management systems found on today's vehicles.

[NewMind]

This is just a reupload of the 3 part fuel injection series from last year, consolidated into a single video.

[alanpecherer]

The history of fuel injection turned out to be about 30 times as complex as I had suspected. Excellent production!

[knunyabeasewhacks]

24 year Master Technician here. Multiple times, I wanted to chime in. You nailed it, and even taught me things I never considered.

[bobgreene]

This developmental history of engine fuel distribution systems is a marvelous achievement. The content, organization and narration deserves an award.

[lustfulvengance]

Fun fact: Airburst fuel injection was still used up until very recently on the Mercury optimax 2 stroke outboard engine. It was developed by a company called orbital fuel injection in Australia and it used a belt driven air compressor. They worked very well and were quite reliable.
Some seadoo 2 stroke engines used this as well (951DI) and they had a small piston air compressor driven off the end of the balance shaft.

[gertwolmarans]

Being a Ford Master technician, I understood every single aspect. Where were you 15 years ago. I would've got this under my knee in a week, not years 😂
Exceptional quality and accuracy.

[benztech]

My first encounter with fuel injection was a square back (wagon) VW that my step dad owned and I drove in the late 70’s. It ran great and I never did any repairs. It was the car I also learned to drive with a manual transmission.
In 1982 I became an automotive tech right out of high school.
I have since worked on almost all of these fuel injection systems. In September I celebrated 40 years as a tech.
I found your video to be very interesting and somewhat enlightening. Well done!

[dfb]

Truly an excellent video. 30 plus years as a certified Master Auto Tech with Advanced Engine Performance certificate and I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation. You nailed it, Bravo!!

[classicmxlegends]

Well done, what a fantastic video. Being an auto sparky for 50+ yrs and ex Bosch automotive technical trainer for 17 of them, I knew some of these facts, but you've opened my eyes up to so many non-Bosch systems and variations that existed. Brilliant work 👏

[epistte]

I'm a mechanical engineer, my first introduction to FI was because I bought a dodgy Gti with Bosch K in injection in 1986 while in college and quickly needed to learn how to troubleshoot the many problems because I could not afford VW or Audi shop rates.

[Watchyn_Yarwood]

One of the most informative videos you have ever done! Excellent composition and videography!

[robertmason]

I’m sending anyone that doesn’t understand fuel injection here. You broke it down so anyone should be able to fully understand it. A lot of people understand it in its most simply form yet you broke it down to its core in a way the pay person can understand. I like how you threw in speed density as in up until most recently it’s been the most prevalent form used along with mass airflow, in both everyday driving and performance applications. Nice job…

Also, I can see someone paid attention in English class on how to properly compose an essay/paper/presentation on a given subject. Intro/body/conclusion! I minored in English and notice in your videos you always start with a clear and concise introduction stating your topic and briefly summarizing your points while staying your thesis too. You follow it right up with supporting evidence and wrap it up with a clear and concise direct conclusion, restating your thesis/position for the reader (viewer). Textbook work…excellent A+

[mcanderson]

Always quality content! Would love to see another video focusing on extreme materials... Materials technology really is the BIGGEST barrier we have to overcome to implement increasingly complex technologies (and even reimplementing older technologies that were abandoned due to materials constraints). Keep up the great work buddy!

[PlasmaJunkie]

Outstanding. Sir, you have a talent for reaching the very edge of what your average person can understand and delivering high-quality complex content to scratch intellectual itches I think some of us didn’t realize we had. I’m always excited to see when one of your new videos gets posted.

I had no idea electronic fuel injection came about in the 50s! That’s a full two decades earlier than I would have guessed. Very interesting. Again, great content. I keep up the good work, my man.

[gabedarrett]

I cannot describe how much I appreciate your thorough and well researched content! Thank you!!

[ericlotze]

I bet you probably have enough on your plate already, but if you need another idea: “ *The History of Gaseous Engine Fuels* “ (or something along those lines)

Could cover “wood gas” / “coal gas” (aka syngas), especially post WW2, then move on to “Autogas” (Basically Propane/LPG for Automotive Use), then Finally Cover Methane (CNG, LNG), and Dimethyl Ether.

Between all that history, and the technical stuff (especially for the Autogas, ie Liquid Phase Injection for Intercooler like Cooling, rather than vapor phase injection) that you really excel at covering, i think that would be an interesting video and fit with this series on engine stuff.

Granted i love all the other videos like the one on Flywheel Energy Storage, or Surface Roughness etc, and again, you may have enough on your plate already, but I thought I’d just throw this idea of mine out there. Either way, keep up the great work!

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[jodycornelius]

40yr mechanic. Very thorough job on this video. Now maybe less people will ask me fewer questions about FI. Thank you.

[theman]

The quality of content such as this on youtube is incredible.

[lifuranph.d.]

I am a ASC Master Technician circa 1979. You nailed it.

[Liquid_Mike]

this is the type of video that people used to pay GOOD money to learn from,
and yet, here we are - watching for *FREE*