Matching Pairs Fuel Oil System Vocabulary 1Online version This is the first set of vocabulary to help you learn the words in the fuel oil system. by Thomas Muravez 1 rack and pinion 2 atomisation 3 penetration 4 jerk pump system 5 viscosity 6 turbulence 7 common rail system 8 dribble 9 combustion 10 fuel injection 11 fuel consumption 12 choking The amount of fuel a vehicle uses to travel a particular distance at a particular speed a single pump supplies fuel at high pressure to a common manifold feeding the cylinders movement of the compressed air and fuel within a combustion space before combustion occurs system which provides the right amount of fuel at the right moment for a suitable condition for the combustion process splitting up of fuel into very small droplets to flow or allow to flow in a thin stream or drops; trickle the distance the oil droplets travel into combustion space before mixing with air and igniting rotates the plunger in the barrel of a fuel pump to vary the effective length of the stroke and thereby the amount of fuel delivered fuel thickness, fuel's resistance to flow a chemical reaction that occurs when oxygen combines with other substances to produce heat and usually light fuel is metered and raised in pressure by a separate fuel pump for each cylinder, each pump is timed to force the fuel through the injector into the cylinder at the appropriate moment when an injector get clogged due to dirt or impurities in the fuel