[Vwdiesel] Glow plug confusion --- ( Bentley is wrong say I )

[Nate Wall]

The TD VW and the NA VW IDI diesels have the SAME CR,
23.5:1.

--NAte
--- Harmon Seaver <hseaver at cybershamanix.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 12:00:40PM -0700, Nate Wall
> wrote:
> > <<<Afterglow it is called , was used to reduce
> white
> > fog from cold turbo Engines. But it works for ALL
> > diesels.?      More on this some other time. >>>
> >
> > Why would a TD smoke more on start-up than a NA
> diesel
> > VW engine? No boost at start-up. The ONLY thing I
> > could equate it to is the higher injection
> pressure
> > the nozzles are set at, or the more advanmced
> timing,
> > but advancing the timing REDUCES white smoking.
> Higher
> > injection pressure would tend to REDUCE smoking I
> > think too. I do believe the prechambers are nearly
> > identical. Hmmmmm.....This has never been
> explained, I
> > believe.
> >
>     I thought the TD was lower compression than the
> NA? At least that's the way
> it is with most engines, not sure about VW's.
>
>
> --
> Harmon Seaver
> CyberShamanix
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>
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