SsangYong Korando III (2010 year). Manual - part 337

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1) Types of swirl

Swirl: One cylinder has two intake air ports, one is set horizontally 

and the other one is set vertically. Swirl is the horizontal air flows in 

cylinder due to the horizontal intake air ports. 

Tumble: Tumble is the vertical air flows in cylinder due to the vertical 

intake air port

Squish: Squish is the air flows due to the piston head. Normally, this 

is appears at the final process of compression. In CRDi engine, the 

piston head creates the bowl type squish.

2) Swirl control

In DI type diesel engine, the liquefied fuel is injected into the cylinder directly. If the fuel is evenly 

distributed in short period, the combustion efficiency could be improved. To get this, there should be 

good air flow in cylinder. In general, there are two intake ports, swirl port and tangential port, in each 

cylinder. The swirl port generates the horizontal flow and the tangential port generates the longitudinal 

flow. In low/mid load range, the tabgential port is closed to increase the horizontal flow. Fast flow 

decreases the PM during combustion and increases the EGR ratio by better combustion efficiency.

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Load

Engine speed

Swirl 

valve

Amount of 

swirl

Remarks

Low speed,

Low load

below 3,000 rpm

Closed

Heavy

Increased EGR ratio, better air-fuel 
mixture (reduce exhaust gas)

High speed,

High load

over 3,000 rpm

Open

Light

Increase charge efficiency, higher 
engine power

The variable swirl valve actuator operates when 

turning the ignition switch ON/OFF position to 

open/close the swirl valve. In this period, the soot 

will be removed and the learning for swirl valve 

position is performed.

Swirl valve

Swirl: This is the twisted (radial) air flow along the cylinder wall during the intake stroke. This 

stabilizes the combustion even in lean air-fuel mixture condition.

3) Features

Swirl and air intake efficiency

To generate the swirl, the intake port should be serpentine design. This makes the resistance in air 

flow. The resistance in air flow in engine high speed decreases the intake efficiency. Eventually, the 

engine power is also decreased, Thus, the swirl operation is deactivated in high speed range to 

increase the intake efficiency.

Relationship between swirl and EGR

To reduce Nox, it is essential to increase EGR ratio. However, if EGR ratio is too high, the PM also 

could be very higher. And, the exhaust gas should be evenly mixed with newly aspired air. Otherwise, 

PM and CO are dramatically increased in highly concentrated exhaust gas range and EGR ratio 

could not be increased beyond a certain limit. If the swirl valve operates in this moment, the limit of 

EGR ratio will be higher.

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4) Relationship between swirl and fuel injection pressure

The injector for DI engine uses the multi hole design. For this vehicle, there are 8 holes in injector. If the 

swirl is too strong, the injection angles might be overlapped and may cause the increased PM and 

insufficient engine power. Also, if the injection pressure is too high during strong swirl, the injection angles 

might be overlapped. Therefore, the system may decreases the fuel injection pressure when the swirl is 

too strong.

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5. CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

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1. TROUBLESHOOTING

1) Work Flow