ACTUATOR



INJECTOR



An injector is an injection nozzle with the electromagnetic valve that injects fuel based on the injection signal sent by engine-A/T-ECU. 1 injector is installed in the inlet manifold of each cylinder and fixed to the delivery pipe. When electricity flows through the solenoid coil, the plunger gets sucked in. The ball valve is integrated with the plunger, and gets pulled together with the plunger till the fully open position so that the injection hole is fully open and the fuel gets injected.
Voltage from the battery gets applied from the engine control relay to the injector and up to the engine-A/T-ECU. Engine-A/T-ECU turns ON its power transistor and prepares the injector’s ground circuit. Thus, current flows through the injector while power transistor is ON and the injector injects fuel.



THROTTLE VALVE CONTROL SERVO



A throttle valve control servo is installed in throttle body. The throttle valve control servo performs the Open/Close of the throttle valve through the reduction gear. Engine-A/T-ECU changes current direction according to the Open/Close direction and also changes current to the motor coil in order to the control throttle valve control servo.
Throttle valve control servo is composed of a good response, low energy, and small DC motor with brush and can generate rotation force corresponding to the current applied on the coil.When there is no current passing through the throttle valve control servo, the throttle valve remains at a prescribed opening angle. So, even if current stops because of a fault in the system a minimum level of running remains possible.



IGNITION COIL


Refer to GROUP 16 - Ignition System - Ignition Coil .

EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE


Refer to GROUP 17 - Emission Control <6G7> - Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) System .

PURGE CONTROL SOLENOID VALVE


Refer to GROUP 17 - Emission Control <6G7> - Evaporative Emission Control System .

VARIABLE INDUCTION CONTROL SOLENOID VALVE



A variable induction control solenoid valve is installed on the inlet manifold plenum. The variable induction control solenoid valve is an ON/OFF control type solenoid valve. When current is not passing through the coil, nipple A is kept air-tight and air passes through nipple B and the filter. When current is passed through the coil, air is unable to pass through the filter and it passes through nipple A and nipple B. Engine-A/T-ECU changes the ON/OFF of solenoid valve according to the engine’s operating conditions to change between negative pressure in vacuum tank and atmospheric pressure and performs the Open/Close of the vacuum actuator.



OIL FEEDER CONTROL VALVE



An oil feeder control valve is installed on the cylinder head. The oil feeder control valve is a duty control type solenoid valve and is used in oil pressure control for cam change. When no current is passing through the oil feeder control valve’s coil (duty: 0 %), port B gets closed and the oil pressure path between port A and port C connects. Oil that had been acting on the cam change control piston is expelled from port C via port A. Thus, the low-speed cam drives the inlet valve. When current is passed through the coil (duty: 100 %) and the spool moves, port A gets closed and port B and port C get connected. At this time the oil pressure-fed from the oil pump passes from port B via port C and acts on the cam change control piston. Thus, high-speed cam drives the inlet valve. The engine-A/T-ECU changes the duty ratio and switches the cam in accordance with the engine operation.



ALTERNATOR G TERMINAL


Engine-A/T-ECU uses ON/OFF of alternator G terminal to control alternator output voltage. When the power transistor in the engine-A/T-ECU turns ON, output voltage gets adjusted to about 12.8 V. When alternator output voltage drops to 12.8 V it becomes lower than voltage of the charged battery and almost no current is output from the alternator. When the power transistor in the engine-A/T-ECU turns OFF, output voltage gets adjusted to about 14.7 V. When alternator output voltage is about 14.7 V, alternator outputs voltage current to produce electricity. In case electric load is generated suddenly, engine-A/T-ECU controls alternator G terminal’s On-duty to limit the sudden increase in alternator load due to generation and thus prevents change in idle speed.