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Old 08-23-2009, 05:42 PM   #45 (permalink)
roflwaffle
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
Do modern diesel passenger vehicles not have vacuum reserves for one or two full-assist stops with the engine off, like every gasoline car I've ever driven?
My diesel merc has a booster, and it's almost a half century old. AFAIK, diesels came w/ boosters the same time gassers did. It's not like vacuum pumps were anything new when we started seeing more boosters.
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