On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:06:09 +0100, Catman
> wrote:

>Zathras wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:37:29 +0100, "GT" > wrote:
>>
>>> Do the diesels normally drink oil? (I mean engine oil, not diesel!)?
>>
>> No.
>>
>> There were two alleged aspects to the JTS engine that affected oil
>> consumption:
>>
>> 1/ Wide ranging mechanical tolerances.
>> 2/ Deliberate oil burning to lower cylinder temperatures and improve
>> emissions.
>
>Would *burning* actually lower temperatures?

It's not a like a diesel so, apparently, the oil doesn't burn quite as
well as the petrol so reduces the peak cylinder temperature by
inhibiting the combustion fractionally. It's doing a similar ploy to
the EGR valve or the water spray on a barbecue!

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Z
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