Thread: WOW. New european diesels are finally coming to the US
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Old 07-23-2013, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by tjts1 View Post
Joking aside, the only problematic part on new diesels is the additional emissions controls installed on US bound cars.
The high pressure fuel pumps are extremely sensitive to poor fuel quality... water in the fuel, bit of gasoline... anything but perfect diesel will kill them in a hurry.

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