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Loading...Are you tired of the continuing rise in gasoline price? If you are, you’re not alone. In this article, you’ll find a few excellent tips designed to help you save a bit of your hard earned money. First, its always best to purchase your gas either first thing in the morning or late at night. […]
(2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5)Loading...Both diesel cars and light trucks are receiving a lot of attention in the United States as a near term strategy to achieve fuel economy and climate change goals. The renewed interest in diesel as of late stems from its potential to improve passenger vehicle fuel economy. The best diesel passenger vehicles of today are […]
(3 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5)Loading...The designs of diesel engines striving to increase performance have made a lot of advancements in engine fuel delivery to the combustion chamber. The diesel engines of today are much quieter, smoother, and also more powerful. The quality of diesel fuel on the other hand has not advanced at the same rate as the improvements […]
(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)Loading...These days, gasoline prices may be crimping your your household budget. You may like to reduce the U.S. dollars that flow to the Middle East for oil, or perhaps you are motivated by your concern for the environment, or even the nagging reality that oil is a depleting resource that shouldn’t be wasted. Fuel economy […]
(2 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)Loading...As you may already be aware of, diesel engines are more efficient than gasoline engines of the same power, resulting in much lower fuel usage. For an efficient turbo diesel, the average is 40% more miles per gallon. The higher compression ratio with diesel engines help to raise efficiency, but diesel fuel also contains around […]
(1 votes, average: 1.00 out of 5)Loading...A diesel engine will go much farther on a gallon of fuel that the standard gasoline engine because of their designs, and due to the higher energy density of a gallon of diesel fuel. But, it also takes a bit more oil to manufacture a gallon of diesel than a gallon of gas, with the […]
(4 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)Loading...With the ever increasing cost of gasoline prices, auto makers are having to work overtime to cost effictively improve the fuel economy, while still meeting the strict emission requirements of today with gasoline engines. One ideal and promising way to boost the fuel economy of gas engines is to add hydrogen to the fuel/air mixture […]
(3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)Loading...Industrial diesel engines are any engines that are used for industrial purposes that run on diesel. Industrial diesel engines are used to power a major portion of industrial machinery, from motorbikes to bulldozers, generators, and even forklifts and trucks. They range in size from a few pounds to a few tons, with a various amount […]
(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)Loading...When gas is compressed, the temperature of it will rise, with diesel engines using this very property to ignite the fuel. Air is then drawn into the cylinder and compressed by the rising piston at a much high compression ratio than gas engines, up to 25:1, with the air temperature reaching 700 – 900 degrees […]
(4 votes, average: 2.75 out of 5)Loading...If you plan to use your truck like a car, desiring quick, quiet acceleration and rarely ever haul a heavy load and don’t plan to it for a long time, you may want a gasoline engine. Gas engines run smoother, fuel is easier to find, and gas engines start easier in cold weather. If you […]
(4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...Cost Due to the high compression ratios and resulting high cylinder pressure in diesel engines, they must be built to withstand a lot more punishment than gas engines. The parts that are spruced up include a thicker block and cylinder heads, pistons, crankshaft, and valves, which can be very costly indeed. When it comes to […]
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Most efficient overall – Honda Insight hybrid With 60 mpg city and 66 mpg highway, the Honda hybrid has top honors as most fuel efficient in the United States. With a 1.0 gas engine mated to an electric motor, the insight was designed to make the most of the power by using low resistance tires. […]
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...There are many different reasons as to why a diesel compact tractor is superior to a gasoline garden tractor. First of all, the diesel engine doesn’t have the parts that normally wear out or give problems. There are no spark plugs, rotors, points, or distributor caps like the garden tractor. There is no carburetor either, […]
(7 votes, average: 4.43 out of 5)Loading...The major distinction between diesel and gas lies in the type of ignition. While gas engines operate on spark ignition, diesel engines employ compression ignition for igniting the fuel. With compression, the air is drawn into the engine and subjected to high compression that heats it up. The result is a very high temperature in […]
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...As you probably already know, diesel engines get better fuel economy than gas, simply because they don’t need to burn as much fuel as gasoline engines to get the same amount of power. Diesel engines are built heavier than gas engines, to help sustain the added stress of the much higher compression ratios. Diesel engines […]
(7 votes, average: 4.71 out of 5)Loading...Diesel is often looked at as being smelly, noisy, and many think the only place for it is in a tractor. The truth to diesel vehicles is that they are slow, noisy, smelly, although they are cheaper to run than gas. Diesel engines aren’t as powerful as gas engines, as gas engines produce more horsepower […]
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...As you may know, diesel engines aren’t something you should take lightly. There are good reasons why the rush to put them in cars back in the 70s flopped. Diesel isn’t the ideal power source for all applications. Engine speed Diesel engines gained the reputation for long service life early on in the history of […]
(3 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)Loading...With gasoline getting more and more expensive, you’ve probably found yourself wondering what you can do. Even with the rising costs of gas and fuel, you still need it to go places. No matter how you look at it, you are at the mercy of these prices. If you own two credit cards, changes are […]
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Gas engines are known as internal combustion engines and are divided into two general classes, specifically two cycle and four cycle engines. A cycle of an engine represents one stroke of the piston or one half revolution of the crank shaft, as a complete revolution represents two cycles. With a two cycle engine, the power […]
(3 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)Loading...With diesel engines, the compression ratio is higher and there is more power. From a technical point, the compression ratio of an engine is the comparison of the total volume of the cylinder at the bottom of the piston’s stroke divided by the volume of the cylinder remaining at the top of the stroke. Gasoline […]