Higher octane fuel can’t fix fuel dilution…That is a direct injection thing not a pre ignition problem at all.
Opinions on Tiny Turbo Charged Engines?
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Small engine turbos have been doing well for 4 decades. I had a 1980s Dodge Colt 1.6 liter turbo. Ran great for 120,000 miles until a lady in a Lincoln Town car ran a stop sigh and killed it.
Not to mention advancements in metulurgy and turbo design. Turbo engines typically have more robust engine internals and many turbos are liquid cooled, add that to better oils, turbos today are light years ahead of what was available 15,20 or 40 years ago. Like any mass produced part you will have failures, but any mechanical part can fail.
Just like construction equipment, tanks, ocean ships, diesel-electric and diesel-hydraulic
locomotives.
Good pont and very true. I'd go that far that i would be stupid to not use stronger internals.
Nevertheless some forum talk seems to ignore this important point.
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We however dropped from an average of around 38mpg between 60 and 65mph down to about 24mpg @ 78 or 79mph, a 14mpg hit, which is significantly greater than going from mid 30's to 30mpg. This average taken while going through dead flat areas of Georgia. It may have been even worse when back in the Northeast. I really didn't care too much about the mpg either way while on a family trip, I just found it to be a interesting observation. I will admit the car had great pep compared to my DD Accord with the n/a 2.4 though.
Yup. Even before recent price hikes, cost delta was about $ .70/gallon.
Just going along with Pablo’s post.
Not true. Most turbo engines have knock detection enrichment algorithms. Run premium in a Honda 1.5T and see.
Amazing. What area?
miss-read it entirely? "...smaller turbo..." meant to me 1 that WAS smaller, spun up faster & ∴ was more efficient. Not overly large for motor.. Buddy has additional problem of too tight Tq converter so the big guy comes on doubly late.
nother miss read - tiny motor, tiny turbo, huge vehicle... (this can be an issue as pollution controls grow - reason for us seeing smaller motors). We need to match components (weight, displacement, turbo size) as the population wants trucks (industry too as they make more $ on them than sedans)
nother miss read - tiny motor, tiny turbo, huge vehicle... (this can be an issue as pollution controls grow - reason for us seeing smaller motors). We need to match components (weight, displacement, turbo size) as the population wants trucks (industry too as they make more $ on them than sedans)
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Doesn’t bother me I would maintain it like any other vehicle and engine.
This is an old cliché and very inaccurate. I realize you don't have mountains to speak of in Texas-but there are guys running Eco-boost motors all over the Rockies (8,000 foot passes) here in Utah....in the summertime...in 90plus degree heat. So-yea there is a replacement. You can look up horsepower and torque numbers with google if you don't see my point.
Knock? Richer mixture? Exactly how is that remotely connected to fuel dilution?
Effectiveness of Fuel Enrichment on Knock Suppression in a Gasoline Spark-Ignited Engine
Knock, and more recently, super-knock, have been limiting factors on improving engine efficiency. As a result, engines often operate rich at high loads to avoid damage resulting from knock and protect the after-treatment system from excessive thermal stress. In this work, port-fuel injection and dir
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Interesting! Ours is 20-40 cents range, but then again our fuel prices are much higher to start I bet. (some over $5 now!!)
Good paper, but no mention or measurement of increased fuel in the crankcase oil.Effectiveness of Fuel Enrichment on Knock Suppression in a Gasoline Spark-Ignited Engine
Knock, and more recently, super-knock, have been limiting factors on improving engine efficiency. As a result, engines often operate rich at high loads to avoid damage resulting from knock and protect the after-treatment system from excessive thermal stress. In this work, port-fuel injection and dirwww.sae.org