When thinking about diesel engines, it's easy to associate them with heavy-duty applications. Diesel engines are more durable than gasoline ones, often delivering higher torque while being made of ...

I love a big diesel engine as much as anybody, but they aren’t always practical. While I’d love to own a V16 two-stroke Detroit or whatever else, there’s no way I could actually use one—I just don’t ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 96, Section 7: FUELS AND LUBRICANTS (1987), pp. 240-257 (18 pages) Extensive measurements of oil film temperature and mainly of friction losses have been performed on an ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The potential sources of hydrocarbon (HC) emissions from a single-cylinder, dividedchamber diesel engine were investigated in this study. To ...

The Kubota Corporation began as a foundry in Osaka, Japan, in 1890. Thirty-two years later, the company produced its first engine, a horizontal, liquid-cooled, kerosene-fueled powerplant designed for ...