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Higher Octane Gasoline Will Clean My Engine Don’t Fall For That

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I was a big believer in the fact that adding a tank of premium gasoline every now and then would clean out the system, as that it would burn at a higher temperature. Well, only until I conducted a detailed research, one that involved consulting with the Federal Trade Commissions. The [...]

Diesel And Gasoline Engines: An Environmental Perspective

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There has been a lot of debate concerning the environmental safety of the diesel engine versus the gasoline engine. In the past the diesel engine was a large polluter and was deemed to be very noisy and unreliable. This was one of the major downfalls of this engine design.
Today however it is seen [...]

Diesel or Gas - Loud Smoking Dinosaur or Fuel Gulping Monster

In this article I’m going to discuss the properties of the diesel and gas engines, and compare them to each other. I’m specifically referring to their use in automobiles.
Looking at them from a distance both the gas and the diesel engine work in about the same way. A fuel made from refined crude oil is [...]