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Originally Posted by Xist
I once had a school bus driver claim that idling his bus (with the air conditioning running) did not use any fuel.
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In his defense, diesels are good idlers. "My" 14.8l Detroit Diesel burns, according to the readout, .3gph without AC, and .5-.7gph with AC running depending on the cooling fan cycle. Fun fact: at cruise RPM, the fan takes 50HP to run, according to Detroit's own literature!
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