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Is port injection better for short trips?

My wife and I are considering to buy a car, but most of our trips will probably be around 2-4 miles long (drive a kid to school and back, stop by a supermarket). And, maybe, one longer trip once a ...
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Do you still need to tune transient throttle in a direct injection engine?

Transient throttle or acceleration enrichment is a way to model the fuel bubble that's stuck on the intake / valves and doesn't make it into cylinder. So when throttle opened sharply, extra fuel will ...
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What is the normal voltage of 5-wire oxygen sensor (lambda probe)?

I have got a 2007 Opel Vectra GTS 2.2 Direct car (which still has a high pressure fuel pump problem, yet to be solved). Petrol, 114 kW, engine Z22YH. After getting an P0130-52 (No Plausibility ...
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Is Tom Ogle's 100+mpg engine actually feasible? [closed]

I've just read about Tom Ogle, an inventor who claims to have built an fuel injection system that can achieve 100+ mpg and has apparently proven it, before dying in suspicious circumstances. From a ...
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GDI intake cleaning before or after oil change?

I drive a 2014 Kia Rio 1.6l engine with direct injection. I am at 22000km and considering using this intake cleaning product that gets sprayed into the intake. http://crcindustries.com/auto/intake-...
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