[Vwdiesel] fuel consumption during idle?CCCcccold here !

Shirley, Mark R MarkRShirley at eaton.com
Fri Jan 28 13:42:15 EST 2005


Our TDI will cool right back down from 190F to < 100F if you
let it sit and idle.  Why is yours different?  Do you have a 
throttle blade on your intake?  Or is it running at a fast idle?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Shepherd [mailto:mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 1:37 PM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com; Shirley, Mark R
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] fuel consumption during idle?CCCcccold here !
> 
> 
> I'm inclined to agree with you  but I find my TD gets warm
> quite quickly and if I get it up to temperature; it does not
> cool back down on idle (well not particularly anyway :o)
> Miser
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Shirley, Mark R <MarkRShirley at eaton.com>
> To: Mark Shepherd <mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk>;
> <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 5:41 PM
> Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] fuel consumption during
> idle?CCCcccold here !
> 
> 
> Diesels consume VERY little fuel at idle.  No pumping losses
> to
> speak of, and it doesn't take very much power to just spin a
> crankshaft.
> BUT, and it's a big BUT, you will not be doing any favors to
> your oil
> by running the engine that cool for a long time.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Shepherd [mailto:mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk]
> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 12:44 PM
> > To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> > Subject: [Vwdiesel] fuel consumption during idle?CCCcccold
> here !
> >
> >
> > Mike just pull the fuel supply and return and dunk them in
> a
> > measured jug of fuel run for 1/2 hr and you'll know..Just
> > let level settle for a few minutes first..
> > Miser
> >
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