Some people gas up their diesel.

What other terms have bothered you?

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1985 300SD
1983 300D
2003 Volvo V70

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I'm not going to go there. LOL

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It's not a throttle, dammit! It's an accelerator! Or a gas pedal! ooops....

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Attendent at the station asked what type of gas I wanted to put in my 300D once. I coulnd't believe it! I punched him in the face and drove to another station.

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Had a:
1973 220 (gas)
1980 300SD
1992 400E

Hahahahhahaha

PEH,
Man, this thread is for you buddy. We'll all stand back and let you take us to task.

Incomming..........

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Gone:
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'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

I never did understand the difference between Force and Pressure in my post about air above the piston in a leak down test.... But PEH was sure I used the wrong one....

Diesel pedal!

With all those options and you left out the most important...
spelling it wrong or using the wrong word will leave the Search Feature Useless....

The words "Engine" and "Motor" have different meanings, at least to purists. Do the Germans also make such a distinction, or do they call anything that produces motion a "Motor"?

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On a Caterpillar it's a decelerator. When it's floored the engine is at an idle when it's up she's wide open with lots of smoke!

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"Motor" typically refers to an electric device, unless you're from where I came from, in which case it means a two wheeled machine (like a Harley Davidson).

"Engine" is the proper terminology here in this forum. However, there is a noteworthy exception in that you may preface the word "motor" with "Oel", and you'll be ok with the purists here.

- Patrick

PS - Them's more big words that I've used in a long time...

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1982 240D. 198k, Marine Blue/Blue, 4 Speed, Crank Windows, No Sunroof, No Rust, No Oil Leaks
2001 TDI. 197k, Lagoon Blue/Black, 5 speed, Chip, G60/VR6

Diesel and Old are both incorrect -- it's a fuel pedal. We strive to use the proper terms because that's the difference between speaking one's language and speaking "glop", as I used to say to my sons (insufferable pedant that I am .... or aspire to be). The most horrible term in current American is "whatever", meaning "I don't care if I use the right words or not".

proper name is important because it helps newbies like me identify parts in the car. I keep reading about this thing called "vacuum POD". so i goto FastLane and try to look for a vacuum pod. no luck...took me a couple day to figured out that vacuum pod is actually called Vacuum unit or vacuum element. please people..proper name is very important in referece to mechanical parts..

Actually, the acellerator pedal in my 300SD came out of a 380SEC, so it was a "gas pedal" for most of its life.

I was just wondering if the Germans have a word for "engine" or do they just use "motor."

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