A fuel injector testing machine is provided. The machine includes a head unit having a flow meter, and a fuel injector holding assembly. The head unit and/or the fuel injector holding assembly can be moved relative to each other, allowing the head unit to test a subset of fuel injectors held on the fuel injector holding assembly, and subsequently can test another subset of the fuel injectors via movement of the head unit and/or fuel injector holding assembly.

The disclosure relates to a method for determining a drift in the static fuel flow rate of a piezoelectric injector of a motor vehicle combustion engine. The method relies on fluid-pressure measurements carried out in the injector supply chamber in order to calculate a measured static flow rate value. This value is compared against a nominal static flow rate in order to determine the existence, if any, and amplitude of the drift in the static flow rate. Furthermore, each pressure measurement is carried out when the valve of the injector is closed and the injector is open. In this way, the measured static flow rate calculation is not influenced by pressure-variation effects not relevant to the measurement.

The invention relates to a maintenance system for a fuel injection system provided in an internal combustion engine, the fuel injection system defining a hydraulic circuit having a high-pressure pump, a solenoid valve, a pressure sensor, a metering solenoid valve, a common rail and injectors. The maintenance system includes a manual control unit connected to a hydraulic unit, the hydraulic unit being capable of being inserted into the hydraulic circuit of the fuel injection system and including a test solenoid valve and a test pressure sensor mounted in a body provided with an inlet mouth, an outlet mouth and a leakage mouth.

A fuel injector testing machine is provided. The machine includes a head unit having a flow meter, and a fuel injector holding assembly. The head unit and/or the fuel injector holding assembly can be moved relative to each other, allowing the head unit to test a subset of fuel injectors held on the fuel injector holding assembly, and subsequently can test another subset of the fuel injectors via movement of the head unit and/or fuel injector holding assembly.

A method of testing a fuel injection system or components thereof includes running a high pressure fuel pump to provide fluid under pressure to the fuel injection system or components. The pump flow is controlled via an inlet metering valve by controlling current or voltage supplied to the inlet metering valve dependent on the power to the fuel pump.

A testing apparatus for a fuel injector includes an upper mount for receiving an inlet of the fuel injector; a lower mount located beneath the upper mount for receiving a nozzle end of the fuel injector; and at least one of a removable inlet adaptor and a removeable outlet adapter. The inlet of the fuel injector fits into the inlet adaptor to allow a flow of fluid to be delivered through the inlet adaptor to the fuel injector and removable from the upper mount. The removable outlet adaptor removable from the lower mount.

A method and a system for determining a temperature for pressurized fuel included in a high pressure fuel system arranged for providing fuel to an engine are presented. The method includes determining a first temperature for a first fuel volume included in a first section of the high pressure fuel system, where the first section includes a common rail fuel system. The method further includes determining a second temperature for a second fuel volume included in a second section of the high pressure fuel system, where the second section includes at least one fuel injector arranged in a cylinder head of the engine. The method also includes the step of determining the temperature for the pressurized fuel based at least on the first temperature and on the second temperature.

A method and system for correcting a fuel injection amount that injects fuel may include applying a current value for injecting a target fuel amount and injecting fuel under a driving condition in which fuel injection is blocked; determining a frequency analysis value for a pressure signal of the fuel pressure rail when the fuel is injected; determining a fuel amount difference corresponding to a difference value between the frequency analysis value and a reference frequency analysis value stored in a data storage in advance; and correcting a current value of the injector which is applied to inject the target fuel amount to remove the fuel amount difference.

A sensor device system for detection of a liquid adjacent to the sensor having a glass fiber laminate substrate, at least one pair of comb electrodes formed on the glass fiber laminate substrate, a first of the pair of comb electrodes being interdigitated with a second of the pair of comb electrodes, the pair of comb electrodes defining geometric parameters; and a passivation coating covering the pair of comb electrodes.

The invention relates to a maintenance system for a fuel injection system provided in an internal combustion engine, the fuel injection system defining a hydraulic circuit having a high-pressure pump, a solenoid valve, a pressure sensor, a metering solenoid valve, a common rail and injectors. The maintenance system includes a manual control unit connected to a hydraulic unit, the hydraulic unit being capable of being inserted into the hydraulic circuit of the fuel injection system and including a test solenoid valve and a test pressure sensor mounted in a body provided with an inlet mouth, an outlet mouth and a leakage mouth.