i know that the gas engines have a 14.7:1 air/fuel what does a diesel have for air fuel ratio
__________________ -Tj
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A diesel has anywhere from 200:1 to about 13:1. It depends on load.
Diesels are very different from gas engines. Gas engines need to run near stoichiometry, which as you noted is 14.7:1. They run a bit richer at WOT. Diesels don't do this. They run very at idle, and get progressively richer at higher loads.
__________________ Mark Former Automatic Transmission Engineer 1988-2007
RIDES 1987 ford F-350 xlt lariat, full leather interior, 7.3L idi, banks turbo, E4OD, MBRP muffler, 6" lift, 38" superswampers for summer, 35" BFG all terrain for winter, bronze pearl paint
CURRENT PROJECTS 1979 ford F-350 custom 351m C6 soon to get a 7.3idi, banks waistgated turbo, ZF-5, 6" lift kit, Saphire blue paint, auto meter colbalt gauges, and much more
WANTS A 2008 ford F-250 XLT with a 6.4L and a zf-6
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