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2 questions about Diesel in U.S.A.
I have 2 curiosities:
1) In the '70's-'80's there where some Diesel automobiles manufactured in the U.S.A. Did they ever managed to made rebalible engines?; 2) Some one told me that he seen at an gas station the Diesel fuel pumps somehow in the back of the station, while the gas pumps where in the front. Is this the exception or the norm in U.S.A.? |
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Notwithstanding, the big three US auto companies do sell lots of diesel powered light trucks, which many people use as their primary car. They are extremely popular and reliable, because diesel engines are so good for trucks and especially hauling trailers. Not every gas station sells diesel, but it's very easy to find in areas where trucks are popular. Diesel fuel is commonly availible at gas stations along side gasoline in areas where people own a lot of trucks. Diesel fuel pumps have a slightly wider spout so won't fit into a gasoline car's fuel filler. |
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Some GM cars were diesel. They were DOGS. They converted
the 350 CID Chevy engine & it just didnt work. The 350 running gas was about as good an engine ever built BUT not the diesel. Pick up trucks I believe all used purpose built diesels & are fine. I would never get one just because of repair costs. The bill can look liker a telephone number ! 73 Zeno LFOD ! |
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And with the whole VW scandal ruining public opinion of diesel engines, I can't see them getting more popular in the short term. |
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At least some gas-powered cars can accommodate a diesel spout. I've heard of people filling their gas tank with diesel, one car being a late-model Crapolla. The owner was only able to drive a couple of blocks before the stuff got into the engine and wouldn't ignite. Once the diesel had been pumped out and the car was running again it was smoking like it had a bad head gasket.
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As for running carbureted cars on diesel.. never did that, but if you want to troubleshoot an exhaust leak on an old car without a catalytic converter, one thing you can do is put a vacuum hose into a cup of engine oil.. it sucks it right into the engine and makes the car smoke like crazy.. drawing attention to the exhaust leak. I think a modern car with sensors and stuff could be damaged by this practice, but it didn't seem to harm my old 69 ford. Last edited by maxhifi; 06-18-2018 at 03:42 PM. |
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I'd say you're right about the test you described. I reckon the worst thing that could come out of doing that to a classic car is attracting the fire department. Personally I'd rather use some kind of sensor like the gas company does; being around that much smoke would probably be like being near someone who's trying to get high off hemp. |
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I *just* bought a 1984 Mercedes 300D turbodiesel, which is now in San Francisco. Every maintenance record since new, and it's got 387,000 miles on it. Waiting for the carrier to get word to me as to when they're picking it up.
You just can't find them this clean here in the snow and salt of the northeast....
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Some stations have diesel hoses on the same pump as the gas (usually in pickup truck country), some have the diesel pumps separated under a different awning (usually in places where big-rig semi-trucks are the main customers since those things are huge and hard to maneuver in a swarm of small cars), others don't carry diesel.
I've also seen places (usually rural) where only one pump is diesel...Some of those places also have a separate pump for kerosene and or heating oil.
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<-- recovering diesel head, I've had 6 diesel VWs, from '91 to '12, a Ford 6.0 Powerstroke, and a 91 Mercedes SDL Turbo. The '12 VW TDI is actually being bought back by VW next month
Anyway, yes some stations in the USA do have the diesel pumps in their own island away from the gas pumps. As long as they aren't all high flow rate truck pumps, I preferred this since a gas car wouldn't be blocking the diesel pump while they filled up! At newer stations all the pumps are generally together. Regarding the GM 350 diesels, from what I read by 82 they had figured out the issues.... but the problems up to that point, and horrible dealer mechanics had so tarnished the brand that when fuel prices went down in 85 they stopped selling them in 86. PS: Here's a nice bit of diesel trivia: What's the only automotive engine with no belts and no chains? A: The VW V10 TDI. Everything, including the accessories is gear driven off the back of the motor. The are also 15 fuel pumps on that vehicle. We have one of those too... it's currently parked waiting on replacement camshafts -J |
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I'm curios how relaible would be an 1988 "Cadillac" Diesel.
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One day I was in a small "Daewoo" Damas van with somebody (I don't poses a driving licence) and he ask me to put the fuel. I thought it had an Diesel engine, but luckly I asked if I have to put Diesel fuel (motorină)... the vehicle haves an gas engine, not a Diesel one.
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