I have never heard the myths Winsor, but most of the long-lasting cars
that I have seen have been diesels. I have not had excess oil
consumption on any of my diesels, either "conventional" turbo-diesels
or common-rail. I admit that my little Beemer 320d has a spare oil
container in its tool box, but it is unopened after 18,000 miles; in
addition, the car has 3,000 miles to its first service.
When we *really* need biodiesel we can grow the necessary crops to
produce it. We don't do this yet because we still have not caught on
to the fact that fossil fuels are running out; there is plenty of
capacity for vegetable oil crops, especially in the open spaces of the
US and Russia but also in the EU, where we are producing more food than
we need (and not shipping the surplus to where it is needed). Once
that production is in place the price will be reasonable, subject of
course to the tax policies of your country.
Oly content: I might try a little (or big) photographic project to
illustrate the over-production of cereals in the rich countries...
Chris
On 8 Jan 2005, at 03:44, Winsor Crosby wrote:
> Those are really old myths about diesel engines. Even Mercedes conceded
> years ago that their diesel did not last any longer than their gasoline
> engine. That was in the days that 100K overhauls were routine. In these
> times of 300, 000 mile engine life on Toyota 4 cylinder gasoline engine
> a diesel engine is going to do well to equal that. You have to factor
> in the cost of more frequent oil changes too because of blowby at the
> 20 plus to one compression ratio. Otherwise it will not last as long as
> a gasoline engine due to the acids produced in the lubricant.
>
> The mileage of a diesel engine will be good as all products get more
> expensive due to scarcity. And of course when gasoline and diesel fuel
> are $10/gallon the demand for restaurant grease will push its cost over
> the top as well.
>
>
> Winsor
>
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