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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
May. 23, 2000
Isuzu Motors Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an electronic fuel injection apparatus comprising a control circuit of an electromagnetic spill valve for adjusting a fuel injection quantity in a distribution-type fuel injection pump for a diesel engine, and a computing unit for providing a command signal to the control circuit, a driving current flowing through a solenoid of an electromagnetic spill valve is detected, a state where a delay time interval from a transit point of a command signal provided to the control circuit to a delay point at which the driving current crosses a threshold value is equal to or more than a predetermined value is determined as a slightly abnormal state to invalidate the command signal for a pilot injection, or a state where the delay time interval exceeds an allowable value further larger than the predetermined value is determined as a seriously abnormal state to stop the engine.