by "Rheilly Phoull" <rheilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 30, 2008 at 06:19 PM
"JD" <jjd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:4818447f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Michael
>
> Almost all diesels have an idling governor of some kind, either purely
> mechanical or in the computer software, and what you have experienced is
> the governor increasing the fuel quantity injected to maintain idling
rpm.
>
> JD
Yup, and I cant see the turbo doing anything at idle either.
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Rheilly P
