Starting diesel ??

A few posts ago someone said that a direct injection diesel ( eg 300 Tdi )
did'nt really need glo plugs as they started much more readily. Question is,
more easily than what system and what actually is direct injection/ is it
the same as common rail diesel etc.

Ta John H

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> A few posts ago someone said that a direct injection diesel ( eg 300 Tdi )
> did'nt really need glo plugs as they started much more readily. Question
is,
> more easily than what system and what actually is direct injection/ is it
> the same as common rail diesel etc.
>
> Ta John H
>
> --
>
>
> " ..... it is the provenence of knowledge to speak, and it is the
privelage
> of wisdom to listen"
>
>

Direct injection starts easier than indirect injection...

Direct injection means that the injector fires straight into the cylinders
rather than into a little mixing chamber next to the cylinders

Common rail diesels are direct injection put are injected by the 'tap'
being opened on a fuel rail that is held at pressure rather than a sqirt of
pressure going up each injector pipe in turn.... this is more like a petrol
injection engine ( most not all )

Rather simplistic I know but roughly how they all work......

David
LLAMa 4x4
www.llama4x4.co.uk