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Can you convert a petrol jaguar engine to a diesel engine car?
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∙ 11y ago
No, you cannot convert a gasoline engine to a diesel engine.
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Can a petrol engine be converted to a diesel engine?
No, you cannot convert a petrol to burn diesel.
How can you convert petrol engine in into diesel engine?
You can convert a petrol engine into a diesel engine by changing the fuel injectors. The fuel filters will also need to be changed.
How can you change your diesel engine for petrol?
That is impossible. You cannot convert a diesel to run on petrol or vice versa.
Can you convert petrol engine of your bike to diesel?
yes
Is it possible to convert a 1997 Chevrolet cheyennepick-up 1500 2.7 ltr petrol engine to gas or diesel fuel -Ireland?
You cannot convert a diesel to gas or a gas to diesel. They are made differently. You can change engines but not convert an engine.
What happen when petrol fuel is use in diesel engine?
Petrol in a diesel engine will destroy the engine.
Why you cannot convert a petrol engine into a diesel engine?
Diesel engines fire on compression rather than spark. This requires that a diesel engine be made much stronger than a petrol engine. All internal components are made to much stronger specifications. A petrol engine could not handle the higher compression and would self destruct.
Is petrol is used in diesel cars?
No, diesel engine require diesel fuel. Put petrol in a diesel engine and you will destroy it.
Why not use petrol in diesel engine?
If you use Petrol or Gasoline in a Diesel engine you will destroy that engine. That is why you do not use it.
Can you make a diesel engine which works on the basic principle of petrol engine or you can say it uses diesel as a fuel but works on the principle of petrol engine?
No, a diesel is a compression firing engine and a petrol is a spark firing engine. Diesel fuel will not burn in a petrol engine with spark plugs.
Is it possible to use diesel in petrol engine?
No. A petrol or gasoline engine will not run on diesel fuel.
Why cant petrol be used in diesel engine?
Because one has a petrol engine and the other has a diesel engine. Petrol/gasoline does not ignite the same way as diesel. It also does not have the lubrication qualities that diesel has. Gas in a diesel engine will damage the fuel system if the diesel very quickly.
