alan-g-w
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The 'spark plug' of a diesel engine is the compression itself, so the thing that ignites the fuel is compression. It's a bit like saying petrol is the ignition source in a gasoline engine when it is in fact the coil pack, ht leads and plugs. The way Davey wrote it seemed like he meant the injection of the fuel itself created the bang - saying that, it certainly wouldn't hurt due to the fact the injection would cause even more of a compression.
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SVM 286
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Traditionally the fuel is delivered at (more or less) the top of the piston's stroke, so it's safe to state that the diesel is both the fuel and the origin of the combustion. 
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alan-g-w
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Though not the ignition source
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FlaFFy_91
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Originally posted by alan-g-w
Though not the ignition source
The heat or compression is the ignition
Your both right to be honest.
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
Though not the ignition source
Sort of Al.
I suppose it's debatable/down to interpretation.
You can't really have one without t'other.
This is one of the reasons diseasel is so evil. 
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ed
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Combustion needs heat, fuel and oxygen. The heat comes from compressing the air, the fuel is the diesel and the oxygen comes from the compressed air.
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alan-g-w
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quote:
Originally posted by FlaFFy_91
quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
Though not the ignition source
The heat or compression is the ignition
That was my initial comment which you claimed was incorrect, go and play and let the big boys talk just now bud lol. I thought you were a mechanic?
I know what Jim and ed are saying and I agree with them both. The only slight issue I had was when Davey (probably by mistake since he seems clued up) made out that the injection of the fuel was the ignition source.
[Edited on 18-12-2013 by alan-g-w]
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FlaFFy_91
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I didn't claim it was wrong.... I claimed that davey wasnt wrong.
The injection of the fuel and the compression could be classed as the ignition point depends on how you want to look at it.
Bit of an arsey comment to make to be honest when I agreed with you and davey...
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