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Air Injection: Description and Operation

Typical Secondary Air Injection System:






PURPOSE
The Secondary Air Injection (AIR) system is utilized in electronic control systems to help in the reduction of HC and CO emissions by diverting secondary air either upstream to the exhaust manifold check valve or downstream to the rear section check valve and catalyst. The system will always dump secondary air to the atmosphere during some operating modes.