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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1992
Filed:
May. 31, 1991
Takashi Aramaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Company, Limited, Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A self-diagnosing fuel-purging system includes a plurality of temperature sensors for detecting temperatures of an adsorbent in a fuel processing apparatus at different points. The system causes fuel previously adsorbed onto the adsorbent to be purged, and then, determines the state of the fuel adsorbed onto the adsorbent on the basis of the temperatures detected by means of the temperature sensors while fuel-purging is stopped. After the state of the fuel adsorbed onto the adsorbent becomes a predetermined state, the system determines abnormality in itself on the basis of temperature drop of the adsorbent detected by at least one of the temperature sensors while performing fuel-purging.