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 penetration 2 fuel injection 3 atomisation 4 fuel consumption 5 combustion 6 jerk pump system 7 rack and pinion 8 dribble 9 turbulence 10 common rail system 11 choking 12 viscosity a single pump supplies fuel at high pressure to a common manifold feeding the cylinders fuel thickness, fuel's resistance to flow 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 a chemical reaction that occurs when oxygen combines with other substances to produce heat and usually light movement of the compressed air and fuel within a combustion space before combustion occurs The amount of fuel a vehicle uses to travel a particular distance at a particular speed to flow or allow to flow in a thin stream or drops; trickle 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 when an injector get clogged due to dirt or impurities in the fuel 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 the distance the oil droplets travel into combustion space before mixing with air and igniting