At 12:22 AM 4/22/97 -0500, you wrote: >Can anyone tell me which engine would do better in an emissions test, a >diesel (from vanagon) or the equilivant gas engine from a jetta/gulf... >ect. I would imagine the gas would do better, but I really don't know too >much about diesels. Also, are testing procedures the same for the two. > >Erik O >87' Syncro Westy Camper There is no way to compare the two, a diesel does not produce the gases that are tested for durring a smog test. As an added note, coming from a family mining background, a diesel can be run in a mine (with a cat or water based oil trap on the exaust). There is no way to ever make a gasoline engine clean enough to run in a mine. The positive "enviro" aspects of the diesel engine are one of the reasons that I am a diesel nut (I also like the way that they sound, they sound like they have a purpose).
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