On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:23:08 -0700d, Diesel Damo Blathered on
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> 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?
>
> I've noticed that my diesel does this when I'm trying to gently move a
> stationary object, and there ain't none of them thar fangled computers
> in my old heap :-)
>
> Could it be that the mixture gets slightly richer below idle? Less air
> but same amount of fuel being delivered?
Mr Govenor decides the engine RPM is dropping inexplicably and reacts by
supplying more fuel, and more and more until the RPM rises to his
satisfaction. If the RPM fails to respond, Mr Governor is **** outa luck
when the maxed out fuel flow he's permitted to supply doesn't do the
trick, and the engine either stays at the RPM achieved or drops to the
point of no return, and the show stops there.
I say inexplicably because Mr Govenor is a stupid **** who somehow
manages to do what he's designed to do and absolutely noting else.
He could be described as an ideal 'employee'.
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Toby
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