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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1994
Masayoshi Yamanaka, Wako, JP;
Kazutomo Sawamura, Wako, JP;
Hiroshi Maruyama, Wako, JP;
Kenichi Maeda, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An evaporative fuel-processing system for an internal combustion engine includes an evaporative emission control system having a fuel tank, a canister, a passage extending from the canister to an intake passage of the engine, and a purge control valve arranged across the passage, and a pressurization device for pressurizing the interior of the evaporative emission control system. An ECU actuates the pressurization device to bring the evaporative emission control system into a positively pressurized state, after the purge control valve and an open-to-atmosphere control valve arranged across a passage connected to the canister are closed, and detects an amount of evaporative fuel generated in the fuel tank. The ECU determines whether or not a leakage occurs from the evaporative emission control system, based on a rate of variation in pressure within the evaporative emission control system, and a reference value which is determined based on the amount of evaporative fuel detected.