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ShinerBock
Explorer
Jul 17, 2019

Why Diesel Engines Lose Power & Efficiency Over Time

Interesting video from Jason Fenske at Engineering Explained on Exxon's new Synergy diesel fuel additive package, and their 2% mpg improvement claim. What I found more interesting was the 11% NOx imp...
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Sam_Spade
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Jul 18, 2019
ALL piston engines lose power and efficiency over time......if the time is long enough.

It is because of wear; piston rings and loss of compression mostly.

You can't really fix that with snake oil.

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