Fwd: Re: [biofuel] Diesel Engine Question.

2001-09-20 Thread Steve W
Mr. Spence, In a new common rail engin it would be easy to stop an injector from firing by opening the electrical circuit but in a tradition mechanical pump system the pressure pulse from the pump causes a relief valve to open in the injector so routing the flow back to the tank would be

Fwd: Re: [biofuel] Diesel Engine Question.

2001-09-19 Thread Steve W
Hello Donna, I was thinking of an older VW diesel from a Rabbit. It has 4 cylinders. I would guess they hit 180 degrees apart so I could just pick two that hit 360 apart. Steve --- Donna Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com From: Donna Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:

Fwd: Re: [biofuel] Diesel Engine Question.

2001-09-19 Thread Steve W
Martin, Good point on the low pressure concern. The compression stroke and the power stroke (without fuel) would act as somewhat as an spring. The compressed air would push the piston down somewhat. There of course would be some friction loss but some of the energy would be returned. Steve