by Athol <athol_SPIT_SPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Feb 4, 2008 at 10:55 PM
the_dawggie <the_dawggie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Petrol makes me barf, I can't stand the smell of it.
I can't stand the smell of petrol or diesel, and I was actuially
saying to my wife last night that I don't know which one is
worse. They are both disgusting but in different ways.
> I have an issue for Node about how a diesel engine works.
> They are more a plunger effect than hit with hammer SI
> effect. I know that, and it's more than obvious. Athol too
> should know that. It's one of the most basic facts of diesel
> engines. Petrol bangs, diesel burns.
What garbage. The difference is flame propogation speed in a
controlled burn. Pre-ignition (where the whole lot spontaneously
explodes and a spark ignition engine sounds like a diesel) is a
*fault* situation involving explosion instead of controlled burn.
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Athol
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