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2. Toyota unit to settle emissions scandal for $1.6bn - AOL

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   Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors has agreed to pay $1.6bn (£1.3bn) and plead guilty to deceiving US regulators about the amount of emissions produced by its diesel engines. The truck company will ...

3. Microbial contamination of diesel fuel - Wikipedia

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   Fuel companies agree that if left untreated fuel will remain reliable for just 6–12 months, after which fuel contamination (such as the diesel bug) begins to appear. [citation needed] Most industrial engine manufacturers now recommend a fuel conditioning programme to ensure the reliability of fuel.

4. Diesel engine - Wikipedia

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   1952 Shell Oil film showing the development of the diesel engine from 1877. The diesel engine, named after the German engineer Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of diesel fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine).

5. Wet stacking - Wikipedia

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   Cold weather running or other causes that prevent the engine from reaching proper operating temperature can cause a buildup of fuel due to incomplete burn that can result in 'wet stacking'. [2] [3] In diesel generators, it is usually because the diesel engine is running at only a small percentage of its rated output. For efficient combustion, a ...

6. Diesel engine runaway - Wikipedia

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   Diesel engine runaway is an occurrence in diesel engines, in which the engine draws extra fuel from an unintended source and overspeeds at higher and higher RPM, producing up to ten times the engine's rated output until destroyed by mechanical failure or bearing seizure due to a lack of lubrication. [1]

7. Diesel emissions scandal - Wikipedia

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   The statutory NO x limit for diesel passenger cars Euro 5 is 180 mg NO x /km. The Porsche Panamera equipped with the VW-EA897 engine, made by Audi, exhibited an 8.3-fold limit violation with an average NO x emissions of 1,498 mg/km, according to DUH. According to DUH data, the measurements were made at outside temperatures between +10 and +14 °C.

8. Fuel starvation - Wikipedia

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   British Airways Flight 38 crash-landed at London Heathrow in 2008 after its fuel lines became clogged with ice crystals.. In an internal combustion engine, fuel starvation is the failure of the fuel system to supply sufficient fuel to allow the engine to run properly, for example due to blockage, vapor lock, contamination by water, malfunction of the fuel pump or incorrect operation, leading ...

9. Major Diesel Supplier Warns Of Shortage, Higher Prices - AOL

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   Diesel supplier Mansfield Energy is warning of increased diesel prices in the weeks and months ahead, with costs high enough to price out some consumers and make shipping more expensive. "If those ...