Diesel engines operate at higher compression ratios than gasoline engines, and fuel is injected under much higher pressure. An injection pump, usually driven by a belt or chain linked to the ...

It’s been more than a decade since high-pressure common-rail technology revolutionized the diesel industry. With its first application appearing on the ’01 LB7 Duramax engine, it should come as no ...

The key ingredient to maximizing the peak performance of a diesel engine is increasing the amount of diesel being burned. On old mechanical-injection engines, the only way to do this was to modify the ...

An engineering firm specialising in common rail diesel fuel systems has invested £120,000 in new technology to repair smart injectors. Extract Engineering, in Carlisle, has added state of the art ...