Bosch Systems

7 System operation
The Bosch Continuous Injection System (see illustration) is found only on European automobiles, such as Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Lotus, MercedesBenz, Peugeot, Porsche, Rolls-Royce, Saab, Volkswagen and Volvo. The quickest way to tell if your vehicle uses CIS is to pop the hood and look for 4, 6 or 8 braided stainless steel hoses between the fuel distributor and each injector. There are some exceptions: On some Mercedes and on Peugeot, Renault and Volvo vehicles that use the PRV V6 engine, the mixture control unit is mounted on top of the intake manifold. On 1976 through 1982 Volvo 240 models, the mixture control unit is mounted below the intake manifold. On these vehicles, no braided steel lines are visible; they use rigid metal or plastic lines. To identify the type of CIS installed on any other vehicle, look for a separate mixture control unit (usually) mounted on a fender panel, with a flexible air duct leading to the throttle body.

Schematic of a typical Bosch Continuous Injection System (CIS) 1 1b 1c 2 3 4 Mixture control unit Fuel distributor Airflow sensor plate Fuel tank Electric fuel pump Fuel accumulator 5 6 7 8 9 10 Fuel filter Pressure regulator Fuel injector Auxiliary air valve Warm-up regulator Ignition switch 11 12 13 14 Mixture adjustment screw and lever Idle speed screw Cold start injector Thermo-time switch

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K-Jetronic

CIS systems are easy to identify because they use braided stainless steel hoses to withstand a higher operating fuel pressure

You can distinguish a CIS or CIS-with-Lambda system from a CIS-E or CIS-E Motronic system by the black castiron fuel distributor (the distributor is unpainted aluminum on the latter two systems)

There are basically three types of CIS: K-Jetronic, KJetronic-with-Lambda (O2 sensor) and KE-Jetronic or KE-Motronic. K-Jet systems are completely mechanical; K-Jet-with-Lambda systems have a simple O2 sensor/analog computer feedback loop; KE-Jetronic systems have some additional electronic controls; and KE-Motronic systems have an engine management computer that controls ignition and fuel delivery. K-Jet and K-Jet-with-Lambda systems have a cast iron fuel distributor thats painted black (see illustration). K-Jet systems with a Lambda sensor also have a solenoid-type frequency valve (Bosch calls it a lambda valve) next to the fuel distributor (see illustration). This valve has an electrical connector and is similar in appearance to a conventional electronic fuel injector. KE fuel distributors are usually unpainted aluminum A CIS with Lambda system has a solenoid-type frequency (see illustration). They also have a pressure actuator valve (or Lambda valve) right next to the fastened to the fuel distributor. Other distinctions are not mixture control unit so apparent. For example, KE-Motronic system have no vacuum lines to the distributor. But some KE-Jetronic systems (late-model Audis with separate electronic ignition-timing, for instance) have no vacuum lines to the distributor either. Some parts of the Bosch continuous injection system (CIS) - the electric fuel pump, the fuel accumulator, the fuel filter and the system pressure regulator - arent that different from the components used in an electronic port injection system. Most applications since 1977 have also used a pre-pump in the fuel tank (the main pump is usually outside the tank, right in front of it, under the vehicle). And the fuel filter and system pressure regulator are of sturdier construction, to deal with the higher pressures of continuous injection. However, the rest of a CIS system is completely different. Lets start with the mixture control unit.

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