Date:         Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:22:24 -0800
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: idle fuel calculations
Comments: To: Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu>
In-Reply-To:  <1A70148B-F0FE-4C18-B0AB-EA245F6118AD@cs.indiana.edu>
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Really?  Have you never overnighted in a Rest Area or truck stop?  I'm
pretty sure the noise I hear is idling diesels.   :)

On Nov 25, 2007 2:43 PM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:

> Yes, but diesels already idle much more efficiently than gasoline
> engines.  It's not particularly good for them to idle for prolonged
> periods, but at idle speed they do consume relatively little fuel.
>
> Allan
>
> On Nov 25, 2007, at 4:50 PM, Gregory Smith wrote:
>
> > Years ago, I read an article about a test VW did in Holland (I
> > think it
> > was) where they fit some Golfs with Diesel engines that would
> > automatically shut off at idle and automatically restart when
> > needed.  The
> > finding was that they were off about half the time.  This could
> > save some
> > emissions over time for sure.
>



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Jake
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