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Old 08-21-2013, 10:22 PM   #38 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SentraSE-R View Post
My engine ran cooler with engine on P&G than it did cruising at roughly the same steady speed.
It follows that an engine would run cooler overall if it is operated more efficiently. The more fuel burned, the hotter things get.

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Originally Posted by Occasionally6 View Post
Something else: The premise behind pulse and glide is to operate the engine at high load. I expect that is also going to wear out the engine faster than operating at 'normal' loads. Against that the duty cycle is lower.
I tend to think the engine would wear faster running it at higher loads than normal. But then again, running higher loads and lower RPM would have the pistons travel less distance overall, so perhaps wear is approximately equal between the 2 styles of driving?
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