Diesel engines do their hardest work in the toughest jobs, from highway semis to construction equipment, and the reason they ...

Compression-ignition engines, more commonly known as diesel engines were initially designed to run on peanut oil, not the slightly viscous, petroleum-based fuel it runs on today. Its inventor created ...

The demise of the internal combustion engine has been greatly exaggerated, or so Mercedes-Benz thinks. The company’s position stems from empirical observation, based on all rational evidence: Internal ...

Let us start with the difference between diesel and petrol, both of which are “fractions” of crude oil. Crude oil is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons, which refining separates into six main types of ...

Diesel engines are different from gas engines in numerous ways, including their use of high compression ratios. Here's why ...