| 摘要 |
An internal combustion engine and a method of operating said engine, the engine having a plurality of cylinders (3, 4, 5) each respectively supporting a piston (6) therein, a fuel injection system (2) including a plurality of selectively operable delivery injector nozzles (10), and a gas supply system (7) for supplying gas to the delivery injector nozzles (10), each delivery injector nozzle (10) arranged to respectively deliver fuel by way of said gas directly into a said engine cylinder (3, 4, 5), the method including opening the delivery injector nozzles (10) of a first said cylinder and a second said cylinder such that gas within the first said cylinder is transferred through the delivery injector nozzle (10) thereof and into the gas supply system (7) resulting in gas being supplied to the delivery injector nozzle (10) of the second said cylinder to thereby effect the delivery of fuel by way of the gas to the second said cylinder.
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