Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the amount of alcohol and gasoline injected into an engine which uses a mixed fuel, where alcohol is the main fuel and gasoline is the auxiliary fuel. The fuel injection rates vary depending in part upon the temperature of the engine coolant, the position of a transmission's shifting device, engine RPM, engine air intake rate and oxygen sensor readings.

Abstract: An engine has cylinder head and cylinder block cooling jackets. A control system controls a valve system to circulate fluid through a conduit system, the jackets and a radiator in various flow patterns. If the block jacket cooling fluid temperature is less than a warmup completion temperature, the control system establishes a combined conduit circuit including both the head and the block cooling jacket but not including the radiator, and makes a cooling fan system for the radiator blow relatively weakly.

Abstract: A variable valve event engine has a plurality of cams with different cam profiles and can vary the operating characteristics of the valve by moving a rocker arm for selectively changing the cams in accordance with changes in the operating conditions of the engine. The engine further includes a spring urging member which causes a certain amount of energy to be retained in a spring for rapidly changing the cams. The engine has a detector for sensing the temperature of the lubricant utilized in a hydraulic member for moving the rocker arm so that the movement of the rocker arm is effected only when the lubricant temperature is higher than a predetermined temperature.