by Daryl Walford <dwalford@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 30, 2008 at 07:42 PM
Michael C wrote:
> I noticed that diesels have a lot of torque below idle. If you let the
revs
> of the engine drop when idling up a hill when the revs get to around
idle
> you suddenly get a lot of extra torque. Is this just the way they work
or is
> the computer opening the throttle some?
Doubt a computer has much to do with it unless its a very late model
diesel.
Most likely the governor opens the throttle when it detects the load and
it tries to maintain rpm.
Daryl
