Truemors
- Rudolph Diesel inventor of "you guessed it" the Diesel Engine was an environmentalist, he was an avid proponent to vegetable oil [or Biodiesel as we know it] as a fuel source for his invention. This was in the early 1900's. A man ahead of his time!
On today's high performance diesel engines fuel passes through the injector at speeds of nearly 1500 miles per hour - as fast as a jet plane at top speed. Fuel is injected into the combustion chamber in less than 1.5 milliseconds, the same time it takes for a camera flash to go off.
The minimum amount of fuel injected into a diesel engine is one cubic millimetre - about the same volume as the head of a pin. Volkswagen has developed a 1 litre diesel powered car that got 100 kilometres out of .89 litres of fuel {60 miles on approximately 3/4 of a quart of fuel!}
- A Diesel Engine ignites the highly compressed air fuel mixture entering each cylinder by the Heat Of Compression compared to a high energy spark in a gas engine.
- Diesels are built much stronger than gas engines because of the high torque and heat it has to withstand. In turn the average life of a well maintained diesel engine can reach as high as 400,000 kilometers or 240,000 miles.
- You need special readers, laptops and software to diagnose and repair the Electronic/Emission controlled Diesel Engines of today.
There is much to learn about diesel engines and a ton of information online. If you have ever considered buying a vehicle with a diesel engine you have my blessing!
The extra cost will be to your benefit, so I recommend finding out more about diesel engines before you decide which engine to choose.
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