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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1999
Thorsten Fritz, Gaggenau, DE;
Andreas Blumenstock, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The invention is directed to a method for checking the operability of a tank-venting system of a motor vehicle. The tank-venting system includes a tank, an adsorption filter and a tank-venting valve. The adsorption filter has a venting line and is connected to the tank via a connecting line. The tank-venting valve is connected to the adsorption filter via a valve line. In the method, a pressure source introduces a pressure into the tank-venting system which is an overpressure compared to atmospheric pressure and the pressure source has at least one operating variable. A first time-dependent trace of the one variable is provided and this trace is characteristic for a diagnostic trace undisturbed by a tanking operation. A second time-dependent trace of the one variable is detected during standstill of the vehicle and is compared to the first time-dependent trace. An output of a fault announcement is inhibited when the second time-dependent trace deviates from the first time-dependent trace by a pregiven value.