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Old 07-15-2006, 09:00 PM
Craig
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Originally Posted by resago
If there was not vacuum at the intake, the engine would not run. IE if the engine could not pull air into it, the fuel would never ignite.

are there any old hot rodders on this board? this is Int. Cumbusiton basics.

A deisel is only different at the power-stroke in that the injection of the fuel is also the ignition.
I give up, can someone else try to explain the fact that diesels do not have throttle plates and do not have significant intake vacuum? Apparently I'm not doing a very good job of explaining this.
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