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What is a diesel engine?
How does it differ from a gas
engine?

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A diesel engine fires from
compression and not from
spark plugs. A diesel engine

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engines not only: have no ‘oil from the cylinder walls’
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-nQ engine life. Diesel fuel tends.
condenser, no rotor, and no to be: ‘more’ of a- Jubricant.

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PV&C:

Gasoline tends to-wash the

” gas’ “engine, -you waste fuel

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“vantages to diesel engines?

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to be tended to on occasion.
There: are “two. main ad-
vantages to diesel. A diesel
engine: -will__give you. just- -

about twice the mileage as a:

gas ° “engine. “The other ad-*
vantage is that your engine
will last twice as long. Some
diesel truck engines run over
half a million miles.

NSN:

Why do diesel engines last.

so long?

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' Diesels accelerate slower
than gas engines. Some
carmakers offer tur-

bocharged diesel engines
_and the -turbocharger will
‘lower the good mileage. The
last disadvantage is_ that
some people don’t like the
way diesel engines smell.
NSN:

What automobile diesel
engines impress you the
most?

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Would you recommend

buying a diesel-engined car?
PV&C:

Certainly. In many ‘Cases,
the little extra you pay for a
diesel engined model is more

than offset by the great: fuel

savings and longer’ engine
life.

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