fuel pump

English

Noun

fuel pump (plural fuel pumps)

  1. A part of a motor vehicle that transfers liquid from the fuel tank to the carburetor or fuel injector of the internal combustion engine.
    • 1958 April, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:
      The gear drive to the tandem fuel pumps is taken from the free end of the camshaft.
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