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Evaporative Purge System Monitoring

Evaporative System Leak Measurement

General Description of Leak Measurement





The evaporative system monitoring permits the detection of leaks in the evaporative system with a diameter of 1,0 mm and up.

By means of a DiagnosticModul_TankLeakage (DM_TL), a electrical actuated pump located at the atmospheric connection of the evaporative canister, a pressure test of the evaporative system is performed in the following order:

a) During the Reference Leak Measurement, the electrical actuated pump delivers through the reference restriction. The engine-management system measures the pump's electrical current consumption in this section.





b) During the Rough Leak Measurement, the electrical actuated pump delivers through the charcoal canister into the fuel-tank system. The pressure in the evaporative system may be up to 25 hPa depending on the fuel level in the tank. The engine-management system measures the pump's electrical current consumption. A comparison of the currents of the reference leak measurement and the rough leak measurement is a measure for the leakage in the tank.





c) During the pressure test the purge valve needs to be shut. After the test canister purge is resumed and consequently the remaining pressure in the evaporative system is bled off.





Monitoring Structure of Leak Measurement

Diagnosis Frequency and MIL illumination





Diagnosis Frequency and MIL illumination: No refueling detected





Diagnosis Frequency and MIL illumination: After refueling detected

Evaporative Purge System Flow Check

The purge flow from the charcoal canister through the purge valve is monitored after fuel system adaptation is completed and the lambda controller is at closed loop condition. The diagnosis is started during regular purging.





Monitoring Structure of Evaporative Purge System Flow Check

Monitoring Cycle of Evaporative Purge System Flow Check

Step 1 - For rich or lean mixture

Flow through the purge valve is assumed as soon as the lambda controller is compensating for a rich or a lean shift.

After this procedure the diagnosis is completed and the evaporative purge system resumes working normally.

Step 2 - For a stoichiometric mixture

In this case the lambda controller does not need to compensate for a deviation. Therefore, after finishing the regular purging, the purge valve is opened and closed abruptly several times.

The effect of additional cylinder charge triggers a variation of the engine idle speed.

A predetermined value is reached if the system functions properly and the diagnosis procedure is completed.

To start the diagnosis function (step 2) several conditions have to be satisfied.

- vehicle speed = 0
- engine at idle speed
- closed loop of lambda controller
- coolant temperature > fixed limit

Furthermore if the diagnosis has already been started and one of the conditions has not been satisfied continuously, the process will be interrupted and started again later.

- engine idle speed variation < fixed limit