When Arctic air settles in, drivers of diesel pickups and highway fleets learn quickly that not all fuels behave the same.

Various single and split injection schemes are studied to provide a better understanding of fuel distribution during cold starting in Dl diesel engines. Improved spray-wall interaction, fuel film and ...

If you use diesel fuel in cold weather, it has a chance of turning into a gel-like substance. Gasoline doesn't have this ...

The best solution to cold weather diesel starting problems is to avoid them by being prepared for cold weather before it happens. Diesel engines are harder to start in cold weather because they depend ...

THE investigations described here by Mr. Porter were initiated to evaluate the relative importance of pertinent diesel-engine variables, the relative effect of fuel properties, and to compare ...

But none of that matters if the engine won't turn over. Winter can be an especially challenging time. When the temperature plummets, problems that were minor in the fall can snowball. "The best way to ...

Alcoa unit AFL Automotive (www.aflauto.com) and ultracapacitor supplier Maxwell Technologies (www.maxwell.com) showed a jointly developed cold start system for the commercial truck market at the ...

Volkswagen is still reeling from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s revelation that the carmaker had altered diesel engines to beat emissions tests, which caused immediate consumer outrage.