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in the plunger to control the end of injection by uncovering spill ports and causing the discharge pressure to drop
rapidly, thus causing the needle valve in the injector to close.
Oil is supplied to the barrel via the spill ports and a suction valve. The suction valve, situated at the top of the
barrel opens when the pressure in the barrel falls below the supply pump pressure; i.e. during downward stroke of
plunger, while spill ports are covered by plunger.
Replaceable erosion plugs are fitted in the pump housing opposite the spill ports. The high pressure oil, spilling
back, as the edge of the helix uncovers the spill ports at the end of injection, hit the plugs, which prevent damage to
the pump casing
of actuation of the shut down system (all units), during the air start sequence or when excessive leakage is detected
from the double skinned fuel pipes.
Fuel oil leakage past the plunger to the cam case is prevented by the use of an "umbrella" seal
A spring loaded damper is fitted to the side of the pump connected through to the suction side of the pump. This
smoothes out the pressure fluctuations as the high pressure fuel spills back at end of injection.
As well as having
the normal fuel quantity
control (i.e a rack which
rotates the plunger in the
barrel), the fuel pump is
fitted with an adjustable
barrel which has a large
pitch thread machined on
the bottom. The threaded
barrel is located in a
threaded sleeve which is
rotated by a second rack.
As the sleeve cannot move
axially, and the barrel is
prevented from rotating,
then as the sleeve rotates,
the barrel moves up and
down, thus altering the
position of the spill ports
relative to the plunger, and
varying the start of
injection.
REASON FOR USING VARIABLE INJECTION TIMING:
The reason for using VIT is to achieve greater fuel economy.
This is achieved by advancing the injection timing so that
maximum combustion pressure (pmax) is achieved at about 85%
MCR (maximum continuous rating).