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Odd you didn't explain how they could be different. I can't see how they can be (by much).
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
Odd you didn't explain how they could be different. I can't see how they can be (by much).
- honk 3y agoI link some sources in a separate comment up-thread, but the short answer is two stroke engines run orders of magnitude "dirtier" than a four stroke in a car, primarily due to incomplete combustion of fuel. (Some of this is fundamental to the physics of their operation, and some of this is they aren't subject to the same strict automotive emissions standards, so less engineering goes into reducing their emissions) Intuitively, this is why you can sometimes taste a lawnmower running the next block over in the air, but the same isn't true for a modern car idling, even if they were consuming fuel at the same rate.