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The whispering wheel [Dutch invention can make vehicles 50 percent more efficient]
Radio Netherlands ^
| 15 december 2003
| by Thijs Westerbeek,
Posted on 12/16/2003 5:29:21 PM PST by aculeus
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To: CommandoFrank
It's not that it loses power when it's cold. If you idle a cold diesel engine you varnish the cylinder walls.
Yeah, so I wonder why I often see diesel vehicles sitting around idling. Is there some kind of rumor going around among diesel owners that that's the thing to do?
To: Dan Evans
In some really cold places (North Slope, Fort MacMurray, etc.) it's more to keep the engine oil fluid. I don't know if these locations have since switched to electric block heaters. With current diesels, it only makes sense in arctic conditions.
"If you don't think hell freezes over, you haven't been to Prudhoe bay!"
To: mc5cents
Some time back in the late sixties engineers said Dragsters could not exceed 140 MPH in the quarter mile...
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tubebender
(We've been married 47 years and she still doesn't put the toilet seat up for me...)
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