What happens when you put diesel in a gas car? How to fix this costly mistake

Gasoline and diesel are two completely different types of fuel. Choosing the wrong type for your vehicle could end in an ...
Motor Trend

Diesel Smoke Versus No Smoke

A few days ago, I posted a video to our YouTube site (www.youtube.com/watch?v=92I3SG_wbSs) of a 6.4L Ford smoking heavily on an acceleration run. It wasn’t going ...
JSTOR Daily

Effect of Diesel Fuel on Exhaust Smoke and Odor

R. S. WETMILLER and L. E. ENDSLEY JR. THIS paper reports the results of an extensive program of laboratory investigation of diesel exhaust smoke and odor carried out on two popular automotive-type ...
JSTOR Daily

The Influence of Fuel Qualities on White Smoke Emissions from Light-Duty Diesel Engine

SAE Transactions, Vol. 96, Section 4: RECIPROCATING ENGINES–SPARK IGNITION AND DIESEL (1987), pp. 280-286 (7 pages) In many countries, cetane number and distillation properties of diesel fuel have ...
autoweek

Until the Smoke Clears: Touareg diesel on hold for now, relaunch set for September

WOLFSBURG, Germany -- Volkswagen has delayed the relaunch of its V-10 diesel-powered Touareg SUV until September, when low-sulfur diesel fuel will be widely available. Without the low-sulfur fuel, VW ...