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Old 06-20-2009, 11:34 PM   #9 (permalink)
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The engine is a pre-combustion type... I may have mis-stated when I said it was common-rail, as it's referred to as "IDI" or Indirect Diesel Ignition. The fuel doesn't get injected directly into the cylinder, instead, it gets injected into a pre-combustion chamber, which supposedly allows a faster propagation of the initial burn.
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