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Old 11-25-2018, 03:52 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Diesel is a heavier fuel, so it contains longer and more complex hydrocarbon molecules which, if partly burnt, form particles; soot, basically.
Gasoline molecules are smaller; once they break apart the remains are too volatile to create soot and will generally burn up too or form single CO molecules.

Plus what me_and_my_metro said.
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