Thread: EPA may fine VW
View Single Post
Old 09-28-2015, 04:27 PM   #66 (permalink)
Daox
Administrator
 
Daox's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Germantown, WI
Posts: 11,203

CM400E - '81 Honda CM400E
90 day: 51.49 mpg (US)

Daox's Grey Prius - '04 Toyota Prius
Team Toyota
90 day: 49.53 mpg (US)

Daox's Insight - '00 Honda Insight
90 day: 64.33 mpg (US)

Swarthy - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage DE
Mitsubishi
90 day: 56.69 mpg (US)

Daox's Volt - '13 Chevrolet Volt
Thanks: 2,501
Thanked 2,587 Times in 1,554 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by COcyclist View Post
In my opinion, no. A diesel that is tuned for power and efficiency has high combustion temperatures and makes NOX. Adding EGR reduces NOX and has bee phased in over several generations of the turbo diesel.
Sorry, I'm not sure if you're saying the current generation is putting more or less NOx emissions out than the previous generation.
__________________
Current project: A better alternator delete
  Reply With Quote