Solenoid, Fuel Pressure: Operation: Operation
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2015 RAM 1500. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- High pressure which is present in the fuel rail flows to the ball seat (1) of the solenoid (5). The specified pressure required by the system is built up in the rail by the fuel pressure solenoid building up a magnetic force which corresponds to this specific pressure by means of a control current from the Powertrain Control Module (PCM). This magnetic force equals a certain outlet cross section at the ball seat of the solenoid. The rail pressure is altered as a result of the quantity of fuel which flows off. The current fuel pressure is signaled by the fuel pressure sensor to the PCM. The controlled fuel flows back along the return fuel line, into the tank.
- In a de-energized state, the fuel pressure solenoid is closed as the spring force (2) presses the ball into the ball seat. When driving, the fuel pressure solenoid is constantly open. When engine is started, the fuel pressure solenoid is held closed by magnetic force. When driving, the pressure of the fluid counteracts the magnetic force of the coil and the slight spring force.