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Interesting! How much heat are we talking about here? When an engine is just running in normal operation it generates a fair amount of heat naturally. I guess t
by harryh 11y ago
Interesting! How much heat are we talking about here? When an engine is just running in normal operation it generates a fair amount of heat naturally. I guess that's not enough?
- ams6110 11y agoDiesel engines run with a surplus of air so they only burn the fuel they need to. They don't really generate a lot of heat unless they are under load (relative to gas engines). Just cruising down the highway a diesel will not need much fuel and will run fairly cool.
- durin42 11y agoThe owners manual for the VW TDIs actually warns you to not try and preheat the engine by letting it idle in the winter, because it won't work.