In article <ldednfOYKbt7JofVnZ2dnUVZ_hOdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
dwalford@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> 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.
>
Most of the compressor engines were 6-354 and they sure needed the heater
in the cold mornings. Of course the ones with guttered valves were worse,
lowered compression through wear, hard to start. The welding plants were
3 cylinder. why am I telling you this cupcake, *****d if I know really.
You just stirred some misty melty '70s memories.
Al
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