Toby Ponsenby wrote:
> 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.
No, that's when Mr Turbo lets Mr Govenor get on with the jobbie.
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