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Petrol Engine
What happen if we pour petrol in diesel engine and vice versa? Explain
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richa tiwari- Member Since Aug-2009 | Aug 30th, 2009
When petrol is used in diesel engine, the engine will not work as gasoline (petrol) has high ignition temperature and therefore has to be ignited by spark-ignition. Diesel engine on the other hand works on the principal of self-ignition in compressed fuel which is not possible with petrol.
When diesel is used in petrol engine, there will be sudden combustion in the fuel due to spark ignition bcoz diesel has low ignition temperature. This will lead to high knocking, which is absolutely undesirable.kamlesh431
- Jul 24th, 2014
The compression ratio of petrol engine is 10:1 to 14:1 and for diesel engine is 16:1 to 22:1. If petrol is poured in diesel engine a blast may happen at this high compression ratio. So we cant use pe...
richa tiwari
- Aug 30th, 2009
When petrol is used in diesel engine, the engine will not work as gasoline (petrol) has high ignition temperature and therefore has to be ignited by spark-ignition. Diesel engine on the other hand wo...
