Re: Wheels special investigation: Australia’s own Dieselgate
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The issue is twofold:
Firstly, in an era when petrol engines needed almost constant fiddling with the distributors and carburettors, diesels were a lot simpler to keep running.
Secondly, older diesel engines tended to be over-engineered truck engines, whopping great chunks of cast iron that never broke.
Those old diesels were slow-revving, and ran out of Puff at about 2,500rpm, but yes became legendary for their longevity.
Modern diesels are lightweight and highly stressed. Consequently no less liable to break down, and more expensive to fix when they do.
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