Thought Piece on Research Paper

     In my research paper, I expound on the performance and maintenance issues associated with Direct Fuel Injection. This is a very popular type of fuel delivery system into the combustion chamber of modern-day internal combustion engines. This topic is very important to me as I am always interested in new mechanical designs that improve a system or make a process easier to complete. In this case, direct fuel injection allows engines to be more efficient and to be able to produce more power with the same amount of fuel as older fuel injection systems. In addition, this topic is important to me because I have a profound interest in automobiles and the fact that this revolutionary fuel injection system is becoming popular in production vehicles is intriguing to me. Lastly, it is this fascination with cars that makes my research paper even more important to me, as I am looking for methods of addressing the formation of carbon deposits on the necks of the valves in GDI (gasoline direct injection) motors. I want to find a solution to a problem that the world has not yet been able to solve. This is why my research paper is also important to world, as a solution to the carbon buildup within a GDI engine will save consumers millions of dollars in engine repairs and expensive maintenance that would be required with extended use of a GDI engine. This research topic is also important to the world, since the efficiency and  the performance benefits of direct fuel injection may backfire in the form of expensive, wasteful engine replacements if a solution to the carbon buildup on the valve necks is not found.

     I have just begun writing my research paper, but I’ve realized that it is difficult finding resources directly related to automakers announcing the problems with Direct Fuel Injection. There's no doubt that automakers don’t want to describe problems with their vehicles, but it would be more professional if they admitted the issues direct fuel injection and at least described ways that they are addressing carbon buildup on the valve necks in GDI engines. I plan to write my research paper with a nonspecific approach on how automakers could tell consumers about the problems related to direct fuel injection. I am planning to use the previous actions of automakers as evidence for how car companies can explain and address the problems with direct fuel injection, such as through the issuance of recall notices or technical service bulletins. However, I was hoping to find evidence directly related an auto manufacturer explaining GDI problems with consumers, and without that evidence, I will not be able to describe the communication related to direct fuel injection as specifically as I had planned.