Kwyjibo wrote:
>> Yep, have noticed that, and can be a pain in the ass when in very slow
>> moving traffic. BTW, not meaning to be too picky but you are using the
>> word "throttle" hapharzardly. Haven't seen too many diesels that have a
>> throttle
>
> My diesel landcruiser had a hand throttle.
>
"throttle", technically speaking is a flap that constricts the intake on
an
internal combustion or steam engine. Diesel engines, with rare exceptions,
do not have a throttle, as the intake is not varied to change the engine
power, which is changed by changing the amount of fuel injected.
Because a throttle is used to control the power or speed of petrol
engines,
the term has become synonymous in popular vocabulary with "power control",
but strictly speaking should not be used with diesels. Your diesel had
a "hand speed control", probably actually a "hand idling speed control" in
fact.
JD
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