Anomaly diagnosing apparatus and anomaly diagnosing method for vehicle on-board internal combustion engine

Abstract

An internal combustion engine includes a forced-induction device, a blow-by gas passage, and a PCV pressure sensor detecting a pressure in the blow-by gas passage as a PCV pressure. A period during which an intake fluctuation amount, which is a fluctuation amount of an intake air amount per unit time, is greater than or equal to a specified value is defined as a specific period. The diagnosing apparatus executes a process of calculating a pressure fluctuation amount, which is a fluctuation amount of the PCV pressure in the specific period, a process of correcting the pressure fluctuation amount to a smaller value when the intake air fluctuation amount in the specific period is relatively large than when the intake air fluctuation amount is relatively small, and a process of determining, based on the corrected pressure fluctuation amount, whether there is an anomaly in the blow-by gas passage.