Im wondering; I could see Overnight idleing as a solution to some of my issues but want to maximize fuel savings. There are good reasons for the overnight idleing butttt ..leaving them out for now.

Can you shut off a cylinder or two in a diesel engine by diverting fuel flow from IP to return line. Effectively making it a 2, 3 or 4 cylinder engine and still have it run smoothly ?

I know on a gas engine when you pull a spark plug boot it all the sudden dosent run right but diesels are such a different animal maybe I shouldnt assume the same to be true.

(specific engine is the 617Turbo)

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