fuel pump

noun

noun

A part of a motor vehicle that transfers liquid from the fuel tank to the carburetor or fuel injector of the internal combustion engine.

The gear drive to the tandem fuel pumps is taken from the free end of the camshaft.1958 April 23, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:

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