A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine which uses the heat of compression to ignite the fuel/air mixture in the third stroke of the 4-stroke cycle, while the petrol engine is an internal combustion engine which uses an electrically-generated spark system to do the ignition.
Diesel engines have a higher efficiency compared to petrol engines. In simple terms this means diesel engines can give 50% or more miles per gallon than petrol engines.
Advantages
Two stroke
Four stroke
Disadvantages
Two stroke
Four stroke
A 4 stroke petrol engine -uses a spark plug to ignite the fuel in the cylinder. A diesel engine simply compresses the fuel - which has a lower ignition point than petrol. The heat created when the fuel is compressed in the cylinder - is enough to cause it to ignite.
Two stroke diesel engine works the same as the petrol engine using ports rather then valves for inlet of air Detroit diesel made some nice big two stroke engines.check the 149 of DD.
The easiest way is to look for spark plugs. No plugs and it is a diesel, plugs and it is a petrol engine.
Yes, most diesel engines are 4 stroke.
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There isn't a 5.7L Hemi diesel.
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.
because a diesel engine ignites its fuel with pressure, and not with a spark like a petrol engine. that is why a petrol engine does not need as high a compression ratio as a diesel engine
Petrol & Gas engines are spark ignited engines where as diesel engines are compression ignited engines. Petrol engines works with explosion of fuel air mixture due to spark from spark plug inside the cylinder. Diesel engines works with combustion of fuel air mixture due to compression, compressed mixture attains a very high temperature which exceeds the flash point of diesel and starts burning inside the cylinder and the hot gases after burning of fuel misture exerts force on piston which makes the diesel engines work. Diesel engines are highly efficient than petrol engines.
You can convert a petrol engine into a diesel engine by changing the fuel injectors. The fuel filters will also need to be changed.
If the engine has spark plug it is said to be petrol engine, and if it has a pump to inject fuel then it is diesel engine.
There isn't a 5.7L Hemi diesel.
Petrol in a diesel engine will destroy the engine.
No, diesel engine require diesel fuel. Put petrol in a diesel engine and you will destroy it.
One runs on diesel and the other on petrol. Click the link.
No, you cannot convert a petrol to burn diesel.
If you use Petrol or Gasoline in a Diesel engine you will destroy that engine. That is why you do not use it.
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.
Diesel has highest ignition temperature.. So only diesel cant be used in petrol engine
No. A petrol or gasoline engine will not run on diesel fuel.
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.
The primary difference between a petrol car and diesel car is the consumption rate - diesel and petrol are refined from mineral oil using differing methods. The result is diesel engines having a lower fuel consumption rate than their petrol counterparts when installed in a vehicle of similar mass. CO2 emissions are also lower in a diesel engine than they are in a petrol engine.