XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   On Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:27:36 +1100, Mighty✅ Wannabe✅ <.> wrote:   
      
   > mike wrote on 2/6/2023 2:50 PM:   
   >> Read today that almost all vans and half the cars in Europe run on   
   >> diesel.   
   >>   
   >> The only thing I know about diesel is it stinks and gives me headaches.   
   >>   
   >> I get why a huge truck with a heavy load would run on diesel fuel.   
   >> But why would HALF the cars in Europe run on it?   
   >   
   >   
   > I used to own a VW Jetta diesel.   
      
   > Diesel is a grade of petroleum that has motor oil in it.   
      
   Nope, its a different range of fractional distillation of petroleum.   
      
   > I used to drive an airport fuel truck long time ago. Most aircraft fuel   
   > is called "Jet A1" which is a fancy grade of kerosene.   
      
   Wrong again. It is close to kerosene but not a fancy grade of it.   
      
   > Since the fuel truck itself ran on diesel, I just pumped the Jet A1 fuel   
   > into the truck's fuel tank and added one quart of motor oil. That   
   > converted the kerosene (Jet A1) into diesel.   
      
   Nope. Diesel engines can operate fine on a very wide range of oils,   
   including used vegetable oils.   
      
   > That means a diesel engine runs on a fuel that has a high content of   
   > motor oil in it.   
      
   Nope, just a different distillate fraction of petroleum.   
      
   > That is the main reason diesel engines outlast a gasoline engine many   
   > times over.   
      
   Nope, The real reason is that they are much simpler designs   
   given that there is no ignition system at all.   
      
   > Many taxis are also diesel because taxis practically run 24 hour shifts.   
      
   Nope, because they are much more fuel efficient   
   and that mattered when diesel was significantly   
   cheaper than gasoline.   
      
   > A gasoline taxi will die in one year in New York City.   
      
   BULLSHIT.   
      
   > A diesel engine has higher torque than a gasoline engine. A diesel car   
   > is slower to pick up speed from rest compared to a gasoline car.   
      
   It wouldn't be if it had higher torque.   
      
   > That's ideal for trucks and taxis.   
      
   More bullshit with taxis.   
      
   > A diesel engine doesn't use spark plugs. It detonates the air-fuel   
   > mixture by high compression in the cylinders. That means the metal used   
   > in a diesel engine has to be strong enough to withstand the high   
   > compression.   
      
   Its not the metal that matters, its the amount of it that is used that   
   matters.   
      
   > That's why diesel engines are more expensive than gasoline engines.   
      
   Not true of truck engines.   
      
   > Considering the fact that a diesel engine can easily run over a million   
   > miles, it is cheaper in the long run.   
      
   And thats the other reason they were so popular in taxis.   
      
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