Phil wrote:
> I wonder why VW didnt stick with the diesel vanagon
> and just added a turbo charger. You can try to ignite
> diesel fuel with a blow-torch and it STILL wont
> ignite. Presently one in three cars sold in europe is
> diesel powered. Diesels get good gas mileage and are
> safer than Gasoline powered vehicles.
>

Diesels give out a rather dirty pile of particulates, especially higher
mileage vehicles so are deemed to be less clean.  Although the
fact that unleaded petrol is far more carcinogenic than leaded
petrol never comes into it, nor the fact that most catalytic converters
don't actually work properly because they've been destroyed by
too many short runs and so are even worse.  Also, diesel will
burn very happily if you give it a wick, it just doesn't vapourise
like petrol...

Bruce

p.s. surely if diesel ignites by compression all you need to do is hit
it with a hammer ;-)

> phil
> 84' westy "Millenium Falcon"
> 84'Westfalia W/Tiico I4 "sh*thawk"
> 01' International flatbed (Turbo diesel)