Diesel vs gas......................
OK folks, there have been a few to many diesel vs gas threads that have shall we say gone to "Hell and a hand basket"! So if all of you would put in you BEST, no flaming reasons for going gas vs diese...
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diesels have and need more compression.
something like 8 or 10 to 1 for passengar cars and as much as 25 or 27 to one for diesels. more compression more heat. heat required to ignite fuel burn clean. diesels run cooler, not hotter and in most cases never run hot if maintained regardless of what you are pulling.
also because they are over built in most cases with an exceptional cooling system.
this is why an OTR can go 3 years, and maybe even 200k and never have to flush out the system or add coolent if it is maintained correctly.
in fact if you were to put the same cooling system on a gasser, which you can't, you'd never experience overheating under any load for the life of the vehicle. assuming you did not you fail in other areas of maintenence.
the radiator in my brothers kenworth tractor is over 8" thick and about 4 feet wide and 5 feet tall. compare that to the 2.5 inch thick and 27 inch wide and 27 inches tall we get in a pu truck. and unlike our cars and trucks being plastic and aluminum. his is copper/brass/aluminum and the joints are all silver soldered like refrigeration system piping.
so there just is no comparison.
stephen
something like 8 or 10 to 1 for passengar cars and as much as 25 or 27 to one for diesels. more compression more heat. heat required to ignite fuel burn clean. diesels run cooler, not hotter and in most cases never run hot if maintained regardless of what you are pulling.
also because they are over built in most cases with an exceptional cooling system.
this is why an OTR can go 3 years, and maybe even 200k and never have to flush out the system or add coolent if it is maintained correctly.
in fact if you were to put the same cooling system on a gasser, which you can't, you'd never experience overheating under any load for the life of the vehicle. assuming you did not you fail in other areas of maintenence.
the radiator in my brothers kenworth tractor is over 8" thick and about 4 feet wide and 5 feet tall. compare that to the 2.5 inch thick and 27 inch wide and 27 inches tall we get in a pu truck. and unlike our cars and trucks being plastic and aluminum. his is copper/brass/aluminum and the joints are all silver soldered like refrigeration system piping.
so there just is no comparison.
stephen
