LOST didn't used to be this way

LOST didn't used to be this way

I'm new, so correct me if I'm wrong ... but doesn't one of the founders/creators of LOST have a CRD?? Probably the wrong site to be "sticking it" to diesel owners...

If I had it to do all over again, I would have purchased the gas Liby.

That is where you are wrong. The energy balance and the economy differences of the engines calculates out that diesel would need to be 75 cents per gallon MORE than gasoline in order for them to just be equal.

Yea, it blows that we are getting screwed on a cheaper fuel that is easier to refine... But when compared against the design flaws of a gas engine... We still win.

Gasser working hard but running hot? Just piss away more fuel (REALLY drops the mpg) to cool the cylinders. Diesel working hard and running hot? Inject LESS fuel to cool the cylinders and EGT... OR just increase the boost / airflow. Has the same effect, but you still get the same power (work) from the engine. With proper gearing, increasing the RPM by dropping one gear also can do the same thing, reducing the demand for fuel and increasing the airflow which cools the cylinders.

Enviro-Nazis say diesel is dirtier than gas, because you can "see" the exhaust. Of course, they ignore the human-breathing-scientists that have said that tiny particles (less than 2-3 micron) are what causes asthma and emphysema in people by getting deep into the lungs and past the body's natural ~5-micron filters. Diesel particulates are normally 10-15 microns... So it would be like trying to inhale a basketball. The same scientists talked about the length of "hang time" of the particles in the air, and that the smaller ones from gas engines (B/c they have such little mass) can stay airborne for DAYS if not longer. Diesel however, fall to ground in only minutes, because of their much larger and heavier size.

Any way you slice it... Diesel wins.

That is where you are wrong. The energy balance and the economy differences of the engines calculates out that diesel would need to be 75 cents per gallon MORE than gasoline in order for them to just be equal.

Yea, it blows that we are getting screwed on a cheaper fuel that is easier to refine... But when compared against the design flaws of a gas engine... We still win.

Gasser working hard but running hot? Just piss away more fuel (REALLY drops the mpg) to cool the cylinders. Diesel working hard and running hot? Inject LESS fuel to cool the cylinders and EGT... OR just increase the boost / airflow. Has the same effect, but you still get the same power (work) from the engine. With proper gearing, increasing the RPM by dropping one gear also can do the same thing, reducing the demand for fuel and increasing the airflow which cools the cylinders.

Enviro-Nazis say diesel is dirtier than gas, because you can "see" the exhaust. Of course, they ignore the human-breathing-scientists that have said that tiny particles (less than 2-3 micron) are what causes asthma and emphysema in people by getting deep into the lungs and past the body's natural ~5-micron filters. Diesel particulates are normally 10-15 microns... So it would be like trying to inhale a basketball. The same scientists talked about the length of "hang time" of the particles in the air, and that the smaller ones from gas engines (B/c they have such little mass) can stay airborne for DAYS if not longer. Diesel however, fall to ground in only minutes, because of their much larger and heavier size.

Any way you slice it... Diesel wins.

I thought I saw in a previous post that you are running the old fuel seperator. I was under the impression that cleared up a lot of air problems.

Why don't you just change it out, takes about 20 minutes and it's cheap.

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Yes he does. For me, the added cost of the price of the fuel, along with the air issues have soured me. I originally bought the CRD for the towing capacity since we live out here at 8000 feet in elevation. I drove the gas version and thought it sucked for power. I haven't done as much towing as I thought I would. About the time I purchased it, diesel prices shot up way past gas. Historically up until that time, fuel was always cheaper than gas. The mpg are a bit better, but not enough to make up the difference.




Yea, mines all original.

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2006 Sport CRD, Inferno Red, Born on date 12/2005
Mileage as of 6/21/2010***71,300*** 3 Recalls completed, 1 CEL, that corrected itself, Grabber AT2's, pretty much stock with a little bit of armor.

Truth is... they are just jealous. Seriously, that's really what it is. Some people feel good about themselves when they put other people down.

Never thought about that, but you hit the nail right on the head. They should be jealous all you ever read in most Jeep forums is low MPG issues with the 3.7.

No jealousy here,I like my mpg's just fine,it's a Jeep who cares about mpg's? Like I've stated before the CRD's I have driven did not impress me at all,heck one could barely get on our alignment rack under it's own power.

No jealousy here,I like my mpg's just fine,it's a Jeep who cares about mpg's? Like I've stated before the CRD's I have driven did not impress me at all,heck one could barely get on our alignment rack under it's own power.