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05-09-2015, 01:56 PM | #1 |
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05-10-2015, 03:23 AM | #3 | |
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The alphabet soup (don't forget DDE which has its equivalent in gassers) keeps clean diesel cleaner than most other forms of transportation, if you do "well to wheel" analysis. PL |
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05-10-2015, 05:12 AM | #4 |
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Even the gassers are getting CBU as many of them are going the direct injection route. My buddy had to get a carbon cleaning in his Hyundai Elantra last month!
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05-10-2015, 11:53 AM | #5 |
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I simply refuse to have an unreliable car (diesel in particular) again.
Gassers get far less CBU than diesels. It is true that the new GDI implementation will cause the gasser CBU to increase, but I'll search for a more "traditional" injection engine. I've also considered an older RAM 2500 5.9L which came without EGR from the factory. Just so I can take out my diesel reliability frustration out. But for what I use the car, it wouldn't be a smart decision. I drive on the streets most of the time, parking in tight places sometimes, so a larger vehicle would work against me. I was thinking about a Lexus GS350 or Infiniti Q70. No hybrid models for me. Straight gassers. |
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05-11-2015, 07:04 AM | #9 |
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Not to bash the article- I'm all for a GTD wagon, though it would have been cooler if they were throwing that new 2L in there- I saw that he tried to make a joke.....but someone should have caught this mistake on a diesel article...
"VW says the Estate can hit 60 mph in 7.9 seconds; keep on the gas—er, throttle, and the GTD will top out at an utterly satisfactory 144 mph. "
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A couple years ago, I wouldn't have understood the mistake. It wasn't till I got onto the diesel forums that I started learning from these knowledgable communities. Info from a forum puts it in easy words:
"I think the terms used are confusing. A diesel does not have a "throttle". It has excess air at all times and the speed is controlled by the fuel injected, which has been calculated from the ECU "map" dependent on accelerator position, coolant temperature, air temperature, manifold (or boost) pressure etc etc. An "air flap" is fitted into the air inlet duct and acts as a safety device in case the engine "runs away" e.g. oil seal failure in the turbo pumping into the engine. The flap shuts to starve the air. On modern diesel engined cars there is no accelerator cable as everything is done electrically."
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