At 11:01 AM 6/13/2002, Jon Sykes wrote:
>best diesel.  Last but not least mentioned that I should not be afraid to
>work the engine, that it's better to give it the revs and max speed in each
>gear when need be (especially on hills, hiway, etc.), rather than pussyfoot
>and labor the engine

If your engine is smoking, it's overloaded.   Common problem with sailboat
diesels, where the builder puts on too big a prop so the motor can't attain
full rated rpm.  I think that WOT with steady/falling rpm in an automotive
situation would have the same result with an engine where the throttle
directly controls the injector rack.  Using more throttle than the engine
can accelerate with isn't pussyfooting, it's overworking.

Don't have automotive sources, but there was an article in Cruising World
magazine 5-10 years ago that went into the problem in some detail (from a
marine perspective of course).

david

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