Guide to Gearhead: Carburetor/Direct Injection
Gasoline only burns when it is mixed with oxygen. A bucket of gasoline lit on fire would be unlikely to explode, but instead the fire would sit on top of the liquid as the vapors burned. If the bucket was left in the room for a period of time, the room would fill with gasoline vapors and the room may explode… So, don’t try it at home. If we want to run a combustion engine using gasoline, we’ve established that we need to mix the fuel with air. This is why we need a carburetor. A carburetor is actually a very simple […]