nobody@imaginary-host.danbirchall.com (Dan Birchall) wrote in message news:<slrncn41pl.cj4.nobody@malasada.lava.net>...
> n9nwo@amsat.DOT.org (N9NWO) wrote:
> > I am hearing about Dodge bringing out a diesel-electric Ram pickup?
> >
> > What about the diesel Jeep Liberty or the diesel LR Discovery?
>
> Isn't Jeep's Liberty with the something rail diesel coming real soon now?
Yes. They are "common rail" engines. This means that the fuel is
maintained at injection pressure in a high pressure passage and an
electrically actuated injector simply admits the fuel-the energy for
injection pressure comes from a mechanical pump driven by the engine.
Cummins PT and Detroit Diesel mechanical and DDEC are also "common
rail" engines, but the actual energy for injection-several
horsepower-comes via the engine camshaft which actuates the injector
which pressurizes the fuel.
The Italians, surprisingly enough,were the people behind this.
