[Vwdiesel] Volvo Diesels

[Kurt Nolte]

LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
> It's not so much a "diesel runs hotter than gas" thing as a "the 2.4 
> runs hotter than the 1.6" thing.
>
>   I guess I was aiming at a tangent thought about stuff you always 
> hear about needing a bigger radiator on a diesel than it's gas version.  
> Heard it about 6.2's vs a 350 gas.  Heard it about the VW diesels.  
> Pretty much all of them, someone will comment about how much 
> hotter a diesel runs and needs bigger rads. Everything I know points 
> to running COOLER so I was curious where that (rumor?) comes from.

Not really sure either. Maybe it comes from the generally tighter 
clearances in the diesel, needing it to be kept at a fairly low overall 
temperature?
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