METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE PRESSURE IN AN INTAKE MANIFOLD

A method for estimating pressure in an intake manifold of an indirect injection combustion engine. A pressure sensor measures pressure in the intake manifold, the intake manifold being in fluidic communication with a combustion cylinder, a piston guided in translation in the combustion cylinder and connected to a rotating crankshaft. The method includes: measuring, with the pressure sensor, a maximum pressure corresponding substantially to a maximum pressure in the intake manifold during a preceding cycle of the engine; measuring, with the pressure sensor, a minimum pressure corresponding substantially to a minimum pressure in the intake manifold during the preceding cycle of the engine; determining a pre-calculated average pressure correction factor from a crankshaft angular position and from an engine speed; and estimating the pressure in the intake manifold for the crankshaft angular position of the current engine cycle from the average correction factor and from the minimum and maximum pressures.