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 combustion 3 fuel injection 4 jerk pump system 5 choking 6 rack and pinion 7 fuel consumption 8 dribble 9 viscosity 10 common rail system 11 atomisation 12 turbulence splitting up of fuel into very small droplets fuel thickness, fuel's resistance to flow The amount of fuel a vehicle uses to travel a particular distance at a particular speed 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 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 single pump supplies fuel at high pressure to a common manifold feeding the cylinders 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 system which provides the right amount of fuel at the right moment for a suitable condition for the combustion process movement of the compressed air and fuel within a combustion space before combustion occurs a chemical reaction that occurs when oxygen combines with other substances to produce heat and usually light