
REG. CODE
1-5302-509
MODEL N°
50778
DATE OF ISSUE
10.06.99
REVISION
00
DATE
10.06.99
ENDORSED
COMPILER TECO/ATI
86
LPG fuelled ENGINE LGW 627
XV
Gasoline (petrol) solenoid valve
This solenoid valve is a device that allows the flow of gasoline to be shut off when the vehicle is fuelled with gas, and the
passage of gasoline (petrol) when the vehicles uses this fuel to operate.
It is equipped with a manual device to use if the electrical device breaks down, allowing the valve to be by-passed.
Similarly to the LPG solenoid valve, this one consists of a coil and a body with fuel inlet and outlet unions.
When the coil is energized, the magnetic core lifts and allows the fluid to pass through. Remember that this solenoid valve is
only installed in engines with carburetors and diaphragm fuel pumps.
Solenoid valve assembly :
the solenoid valve must be installed in the engine compartment of
the vehicle between the gasoline (petrol) pump and the carburetor,
with the arrow pointing in the gasoline (petrol) flow direction.
It should be fixed to the vehicle with two M6 screws, well away from
exhaust pipes and electrical components.
It must be positioned so as to allow free access to the emergency
lever for manual opening if required.
The mixer
An air-gas mixer must be installed to allow the engine to operate with gas. This device has been designed to mix air and gas
in an optimum ratio and at any speed. It normally consists of a supplementary venturi that makes all the regulations, leaving
the regulator with the sole task of supplying gas at a constant pressure as the engine requires.
It consists of the following parts:
- a casing more or less the original shape of the carburetor or intake manifold so that it can be easily fixed in place;
- an appropriately sized fixed Venturi shaped choke with a series of gas outlet holes in its narrow part.
Owing to the effect of the intake phases, an air flow is established as
the engine runs. By passing through the narrow section of the choke,
this air creates a vacuum, attracting gas from the regulator.
The mixer is a very important part and as such, various studies are
conducted in order to produce it. Accurate tests are required to make
it suitable for operation with both gas and gasoline (petrol).
The mixers and reducers must always be of the same make in order
to operate correctly as a whole.
Connecting the mixer to the regulator
In engines with carburetors, the mixer should be connected to the
gas regulating adjuster pipe while this latter should be connected to
the gas outlet of the regulator. Dimensionally, it is a rubber tube with
an inner diameter of 19 mm. It should be as short as possible. If, in
fact, the volume of the tube is considered (section x length), a
smaller volume, for low pressures, means that the delay required to
fill the tube is reduced each time the engine is accelerated and this
improves engine response.
It also means less fuel wastage when the throttle valve is shut, thus
reducing fuel consumption. Also note that, in engines with
carburetors, there is a manual adjuster used to regulate the gas
supplied to the engine, between the regulator and mixer.
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