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Common rail ?

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#1 ·
Pretty basic... why is it called a Common Rail ? This is 1st gen., 94-98.5, and 03-06 ??
 
#5 ·
instead of a bunch of lines going form the injection pump to the injector, all of which could conceivably have different pressures. its just one line that goes form the pump to the end of the block. all the injectors are fed off that one rail. its common to them all, hence common rail
 
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