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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1993
Yasuhiko Ishida, Himeji, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fuel vapor purge system for an internal combustion engine comprises a fuel tank, a purge pipe for introducing fuel vapor generated in the fuel tank into an intake passage of the engine, a purge valve installed in the piping, an engine control unit for opening the purge valve in dependence on the state in which the engine operates, a pressure sensor for detecting a pressure within the fuel tank, and an alarm being operative under the control of the engine control unit. The engine control unit opens the purge valve for a first predetermined period when the engine operation is in a steady state, makes decision as to occurrence of an abnormality in the purge system on the basis of a magnitude of change in the internal pressure of the fuel tank over a second predetermined period covering the first predetermined period, and activates the alarm when occurrence of an abnormality is determined.