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Old 04-24-2023, 03:29 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary View Post
Odd. I live at 7,700ft and would drive over 11,000ft or so passes. But I thought my non-turbo diesel got pretty good fuel mileage. I did adjust the max injection though to get as little black smoke as was practically possible.
IIRC the governor of the injector pump had some mean to adjust fuel volume to the air density, yet not so accurately as an electronically-governed engine. BTW did you know Yanmar now makes naturally-aspirated Diesel engines fitted with common-rail injection for boats?
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