Calling all the diesel-fundi's...........
Does a diesel engine still use fuel when you on a long downhill in 5th gear?
or should I just free-wheel in neutral?
bin told that the engine in neutral will use more fuel than running against compression in high gear.......... Huh?
true, or false?
What are the specified 60 000km service tasks/procedures/replacements/checks that the stealer must, according to DM spec's, perform on a CRD 2.5 ?
(Aeh)
They once did an experiment to determine how air tight an LR seals with relation to a Pajero and Jeep, so they locked a cat in each over a weekend.
End of the weekend when they opened the doors of the vehicles the cat in the Jeep was dead - suffocated, the one in the Pajero was dizzy but...
Here is the view from a local science magazine:
Sulphur in diesel contributes towards the formation of the acid rain causing and lung-damaging pollutant, sulphur dioxide. It is also directly related to the amount of soot formation in a diesel engine and hence also the amount of particulates...
Here in South Africa the sulphur content of diesel has been set via legislation in Jan 2006 to either 0.05% or 0.005% (the 50 ppm is locally known as ULS diesel - ultra low sulphur). Previously sulphur levels could not be more than 0.3%. Apart from the obvious environmental issues and less...
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