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Old June 18th 10, 10:06 AM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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Default Can Olive wait for the beep?

Zathras wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:37:29 +0100, "GT" > wrote:
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>> 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?




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