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Old 05-04-2010, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by gearloose1

Remember that the diesel flows the same amount of air regardless of throttle, (though the amount of exhaust increases with larger throttle because of thermal expansion and combustion creating more gases)
I don't want to hijack and take this thread in another direction, but this is simply false. As with any other internal combustion engine, airflow in a diesel increases as rpm's increase.