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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Katsuhiko Yokooku, Hiroshima, JP;
Assignee:
Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123571 ; 123569 ; 123479 ;
Abstract
An internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas recirculation system provided with a recirculation control valve. An abnormality detecting circuit is provided to detect that the control valve is held open beyond a desired position position for more than a certain time due for example to a stick in the valve actuating mechanism so as to increase a charge of intake mixture in an idling operation or shutt-off the exhaust gas recirculation.