Which effect sharply decreases knock resistance in an internal combustion engine using direct fuel injection during hot restart?

💡 Explanation

During hot restart, high fuel rail temperatures cause flash boiling because the fuel exceeds its saturation temperature at operating pressure, creating vapor pockets that disrupt liquid fuel delivery and stoichiometry, causing knock. Therefore flash boiling decreases knock resistance; other choices assume less severe fuel supply effects.

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