hi i was just wondering if any guys out there could tell me some facts and theories on how diesel engines work? i am hoping to attend diesel tech school after i graduate this year and i would like as much general knowledge on them. dieselbombers.com has already tought me alot just from readin what guys have to say.

 

ehow and wikipedia have some great explanations. Your text books will too.

 

I subscribe to the money-gremlin theory.

The money-gremlin theory states that "technology" is really a conspiratorial name that refers to miniature supernatural quasi-invisible gremlins. These gremlins' entire civilization is built on the worship and consumption of money. When the gremlins are happy they do things that we want them to, but when they are sad little gremlins they make us unhappy. The only way to ensure that the money-gremlins remain happy is to give them regular tithes and gifts of money for them to burn in their frequent, bizarre gremlin rituals.

In an enigmatic twist of the universe, money-gremlins are also pacified by Sarah McLachlan music.

 

Good acid today Begle?

 

The first Diesel engine was developed by Rudolf Diesel in the late 1800's. He took the theory that (when you compress air it gets hot) to the next level. Even though most of today's Diesel engines are of the four cycle type, there are a few exceptions. Thats another story in itself. When you compress air, it get hot. If an oil (Diesel fuel, kerosene, ect) into the cylinder at a high enough pressure to still make a very fine mist right at the top of the compression stroke, the high compression temperature will ignite the fine mist of oil causing it to burn. Therefore causing expansion and forcing the piston downward turning the crankshaft. Pretty sharp old boy wasn't he. He's one of my hero's.

 

I am currently writing a story about a man who works in a diner, dies in the middle of a giant Quentin Tarantino firefight between a couple fugitives and cops, then finds himself in a limbo world with a bunch of sub-par superheros in syndication who must go on a quest to stop the bad guy before he takes their reruns off the air and dooms them to an irrelevant eternity.

 

Doese this have to do with Diesel theory



If you would like to do some reading our very own founding father Diesel Minded put this together in here and is full of good info. I havent made it all the way through much of it all yet. It would be a good start.

https://www.dieselbombers.com/genera...ronomicon.html

 

One of my favourite books is High Performance Diesel Builders Guide written by Joe Petitt.
Contains everything you need to know including the basics and the build-ups.
Otherwise get your hands on those Bosch Handouts- good stuff.

Or simply do as K50 already told you!

 

How about Cummins handouts?

B-Series Familiarization pictures by Begle1 - Photobucket

C-Series Familiarization pictures by Begle1 - Photobucket

Air Intake System Familiarization pictures by Begle1 - Photobucket

Inline IP Familiarization pictures by Begle1 - Photobucket

Rotary IP Familiarization pictures by Begle1 - Photobucket

(These all pertain to older, non-electronically-controlled, B- and C- series Cummins engines.)

 

Same thing on a 2 stroke, except the intake and exhaust stroke happen at the same time, and the supercharger is needed to whoosh the exhaust gas out of the cylinder, and charge it with fresh air.