JD wrote:
> the_dawggie wrote:
>
>> the_dawggie wrote:
>>> Daryl Walford wrote:
>>>> the_dawggie wrote:
>>>>> Toby Ponsenby wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:02:35 +1000d, Michael C Blathered on
>>>>>> in4818601a$0$13944$afc38c87@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Michael C" <mike@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:48183518$0$17509$afc38c87@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>>> 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 for all the replies. Looks like it's just one of the many
>>>>>>> advantages of owning a diesel :-)
>>>>>> Paging Dawggie....
>>>>> hi :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh yeah, {turbo} diesel is the only way to go, there just
>>>>> is so many advantages to it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also no spark plugs, ignition system or anything like
>>>>> that to set up. In our climate don't usually need the
>>>>> glow plugs to work.
>>>> My old Landcruiser always needed its glow plugs, no glow plugs meant
>>>> no start even on a hot day if the engine was cold.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Daryl
>>>
>>> Not here.
>>>
>>> It is an interesting question. Engine is warm ATM so I
>>> can't try it. Getting between 8 to 13 C in the mornings,
>>> have noticed the engine not having much interest in them.
>>>
>>> I'll have to do further testing.
>> 8 C is about the lower end of things - they start to be
>> needed then.
> Both my Landrover (Isuzu) and tractor (Perkins), both with indirect
> injection will start readily at zero without heater plugs, but the Isuzu
> starts to need them below that - not sure about the tractor, any colder
is
> not suitable for using a tractor with no windows.
Must be a very old tractor, most of the very many Perkins engines I
worked on in the 70's were direct injection.
What model Perkins diesel?
I can't recall ever seeing a Perkins with glow plugs, they used to have
a heater in the inlet manifold which was rarely needed in our climate.
Daryl
Daryl
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