[Vwdiesel] Do Diesels ever need similar type cleaning?

[Tony and Lillie]

Actually, most of the time they do it to run the A/C or heat, depending on 
the outside temperature. Think about how often you run your home heat/air 
system. They sleep and live in those trucks almost as much as people with 
other occupations sleep and live in their homes.

And, they get run very hard when they are running. Loaded they are floored 
or near all the way to highway speed. In comparison, I can accelerate 
reasonably at or below half throttle in my non-turbo. Nicks car (ECO-turbo) 
can be used with 1.4 pedal travel, I'd bet.

Tony Hoffman

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Subject: [Vwdiesel] Do Diesels ever need similar type cleaning?


>I would think that idling a diesel for a long period of time would not be 
>harmful, other than to waste fuel & pollute the air. Otherwise, why do the 
>truckers let their 18 wheelers idle all night at truck stops? I heard they 
>did so to increase engine life & stop start up wear.