Other then the turbo, better gas mpg and torque?

is it more expensive then gas?

what about smog, how does it burn? Is it cleaner then gas?

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06 White KJ Sport 4x4
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Plenty of reading out there but for a short answer...

+Diesel Fuel is usually cheaper per gallon than gas
+Diesels tend to get 24-35% better mpg than thier Regular Gas counterparts
+Regular Gas vehicles put out more CO/CO2 and Diesel makes more NOx
+With ULSD (Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel), a Jeep Liberty CRD puts out lower "Tons" of byproduct than a Jeep Liberty 3.7L
+Because of the difference in MPG between Diesel and Regular Gas...a diesel might actually impact pollutants less than a regualr gas vehicle
+Long Term, Diesel Engines tend to last significantly longer than a Gas Engine...so this also creates less waste with a more useful life span
+There are many other "pluses" when it comes to diesels

ONCE YOU FEEL THE TORQUE>>>you will know why we love them so much

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2006 CRD Sport
Mods: GDE Hot Tune w/ 364#@2000rpm/Air Box /3" Str8 Exhaust/ASFIR Alum Skids/245-75R-16 Cooper STT PRO/OME LIFT w/Clevis & 4 Spring Isos/AirTabs/Rigid 10" S2 LED/4xGuard Ctr Matrix Bumper
Drag Strip:Reac=.1078_60ft=2.224_1/8=10.39@64.8mph_1/4+16.46@80.8mph

The main reasons I bought a CRD were 1) needing a vehicle that has decent towing capacity, 4wd, and clearance, 2) fuel efficiency (for environmental reasons, more than economic), and the ability to run bio-diesel. It replaced a 2004 4Runner that was an awesome rig, but struggled to break 20 MPG on the highway.

Price-wise, dino diesel is about the same as regular unleaded here in Oregon right now. A couple months ago, though, it was 25 to 30 cents cheaper per gallon. Bio-diesel prices vary widely here, but my last fill up on B20 blend (20% bio, 80% dino) was at $2.87 a gallon. Nearly pure bio from a commercial producer here runs around $3.30 a gallon right now. Oregon just passed a raft of clean energy legislation, and supposedly there is now a modest tax deduction for consumers who buy B20 or greater.

Diesel prices tend to increase in the winter when there is more demand for home heating oil (essentially the same thing as diesel). A fringe benefit of running any biodiesel blend is that is provides greater lubrication to the engine than dino diesel, which can somewhat improve efficiency and engine longevity. Downside is that high % blends have less energy content per gallon. Another plus is that bio serves as a bit of a detergent for fuel systems, and keeps gunk from forming (can be bad if running a high % blend for the first time in a rig with many miles of dino diesel on it).

Diesel engines tend to burn cleaner than gas in some areas (like CO2, the greenhouse gas that folks worry most about). The trade-off is higher emissions of other pollutants such as soot, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides. Our CRD's have some emissions control devices on them that are aimed at reducing these (though not the same level of technology as the new diesels coming out of Europe and Japan, such as that 3.0 liter found in the Grand Cherokee CRD). A nice thing about bio is reduced emissions of soot.

There have been large, nasty threads here debating diesel and smog. What ever individual folks think, regulatory agencies in the US, Canada, and Europe believe diesel exhaust contributes to urban smog, and have put some pretty harsh requirements on new diesels aimed at addressing it.

The other great benefit of diesel engines over gasoline is that due to their relatively low operating RPM's (among other things), they tend to last much, much longer than gas engines. Not uncommon to see Dodge trucks with the 6 cylinder Cummins or old Mercedes w/ 300,000 miles on their diesel with no rebuild, still running strong. Our CRD's are probably capable of similar longevity in the engine, but unfortunately Chrysler cut corners in other areas that may give us problems. Fuel filter and transmissions, for instance.

Thanks for the factoids. I was talking with a friend about the liberty and said it even came in a diesel version. he asked me what was so great about diesel and I really didn't have an answer other then torque.

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Performance (power per cubic inch)
MPG (City and Highway)
Towing (Torque and Mileage)
Ability to burn alternative Fuels (SVO, BioDiesel, WVO with correct setup)
Less Long Term Maintenance (Built stronger and no plugs or wires, ect)
Diesel Engines run cooler

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2006 CRD Sport
Mods: GDE Hot Tune w/ 364#@2000rpm/Air Box /3" Str8 Exhaust/ASFIR Alum Skids/245-75R-16 Cooper STT PRO/OME LIFT w/Clevis & 4 Spring Isos/AirTabs/Rigid 10" S2 LED/4xGuard Ctr Matrix Bumper
Drag Strip:Reac=.1078_60ft=2.224_1/8=10.39@64.8mph_1/4+16.46@80.8mph

How about range? 500 miles on a tank is nice.

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2006 CRD
2006 Jetta TDI

My wife and I really like the sound...

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2006 Liberty Limited CRD

My wife likes the smell of diesel.

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"I love the smell of Diesel in the morning."


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2006 4X4 CRD Limited Dark Khaki Build Date 03/06 - Her daily driver

Yes I'm old enough to know better

You haven't lived till you have cranked up your rig in the morning, and enjoyed the smell of fresh B99.

"MMMmmmm, potato chips!"

The first time my dog smelled it she thought she'd scored the jackpot... the world's largest bag of Kettle Chips.

MY simple answer, I like sounding like im driving a tractor every where i go =)

My more in-depth comments:

Pre 1) BTW diesels do not produce ozone at all, gasers do (pisst, its the spark plugs that cause the ozone)

1)when distilling a barrel of crude oil this is the rough breakdown 60% octane gas 25% centain diesel 15% other kerosine, and many other things. The above is the way the US refineries are tailored. IF you do like europe and maximize output of crude disilleries for diesel you can boost the centain diesel % up to about 40%. Lets not get to bio diesel JUST YET NOW =) Since the barrel of crude is where it ALL comes from, diesel IS NOT more efficent enough by design to make up for the lack of yeild from the crude itself. Conclusion: It would not stand to reason that everyone should run arround driving a diesel as thats not where most of the energy is in a barrel of crude. it is IN FACT mostly in the common octain gas NOT centain diesel. This is why the American market is mostly GAS powered vehicles. trucks typically use up the ofther 25% of the refined crude to haul arround all our crap to us so we can go buy it. This EXACTLY why "the man" is keeping the diesel car market in check because the american crude consumption is ALREADY at a ballance, and should not be disturbed.

My 2 cents: I drive a diesel vehicle b/c i like it, for all the reasons mentioned above and many many more. But lets not fool ourselfs... It better serves me, not my country's fuel consumption needs, or the environment OR anything like that.

2)ok biofuels time. Please no one think they will save the enevidable end of the automobile age (which if your under 30 er so WILL be within our lifetime) If you calculate the amount of crop space it takes to create both ethonol, or bio-diesel enough to run our butts all over town, guess what? NOT ENOUGH LAND! and ehhem, oh by the way, all the farmable land for all that nonsense is being used for somthing pretty darn important, OUR FOOD SUPPLY ! The silly legislation on ethonol and bio-diesel forcing farmers to make it is YES jacking up the price of food, go look on google finance, kroger for example, among many other food related industries are going gang busters b/c supply is being limited due to this bio-fuel legislation,, go do a wiki search on bio-diesel, it beaks down how much acrage it takes to create the fuel by type (palm, cotton seed, veggi, ect ect), the math isnt hard to do. There isnt enough land, we ARE screwed! There is one long shot on there about alge bio-fuels backed by Debeers co. in africa, that sounds interesting, lets all hope for the best... If i can figure out how to make a plant in my back yard I WILL!!!!!

my 2 cents: I bought a diesel on purpose, b/c when the fuel crunch really gets into full swing, diesel is the market that delievers food and resources to us to keep us alive (it will probably be subsidised so trucks stay on the road delivering food to everyone who cant move anymore), and its a different market w/ different demand than all the other shnooks out there who will be wainting in massive lines to get 5gal rations of fuel at 20 bucks a gallon. Bio-diesel stores well long term, i can stock up, it wont go bad (stocking as oil, converting when needed). I can get it in places most gasser people wouldnt think to look , ill be rollin well after the fall. =) Im doing it for me so "I" will survive, not for mother earth, or father time or any of that horse ka ka, fixing this isnt going to be easy and its not a solution that involves passenger cars like we are used to, go invest in train companies, busses, and mass transit stuff, and try and move close to where you work, unless you work on cars, then i would suggest another profession =)

3) well everything else was pretty well covered in previous posts so i suppose thats all i have to add.

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265-70R16 BFG Rugged Trail (stock).... Rear Locker (stock)
Bilstine 2.5" lift front + ProComp AAL 2" lift rear
LIFT #s Front engine skid 12" @Rear Diff 10.5" @running board 21" @tx case 16"
6spd Manual Tranny
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Going up a steep grade, increasing in speed and the vehicle actually shifts into overdrive to get a lower engine rev rather than automatically downshifting and having the engine scream. ( Read: quieter overall)

Being able to step on the "gas" to pass at freeway speeds and having a full range of power band all in the same overdrive gear. (Read: easier to drive without the all or nothing feel to the peddle) Try one...... you'll see what I mean. I should have converted long ago.

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'05 Jeep Liberty CRD, '03 Dodge 2500 Cummins HO CRD 6spd, '91 GMC Topkick Caterpillar 3116 215hp MUI Diesel, '93 Volvo 240 Wagon, '06 Kubota Diesel Backhoe

Another, "why diesel".

Years ago, when I was young. I was a firefighter in a suburban department outside Cincinnati. All our trucks were diesel. In 1964 the city of Cincinnati came out to see our new 1964 Mack Fire Truck it was the first one in south-west Ohio [so I was told, I was 5 at that time]. They went out and spec'ed all future fire trucks to be diesel. We always bought Mack Fire Apparatus until they stopped building them. When [if you are old enough to remember] there were a lot of ambulances burning up in the '80s because the gassers were underpowered and ran WAY too hot... the answer was to go diesel powered ambulances. Any heavy duty service has diesel powered vehicles.

Anyway, every time I got lost or disoriented searching a smoke filled house, I always keyed in on the sound of the diesel engine coming from my fire engine parked in the front of the house. The sound has always meant power and safety to me.


If you believe o8K's analysis of the internal combustion engine era, the diesel will still mean power and safety because it is far easier to modify it to run on "different" fuels.

Dad

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Yes I'm old enough to know better

Yes, and Yes, and Wow I think you just hit nail on the head for the best reason to love diesels. =0 took me a few minutes to gather myeself just to even reply. sniff sniff.... VERY cool....

in around about way, saying the same thing, thats why i got one, so i can keep on truckin =0 My personal experience which motivated my rant (tho ill keep this one shorter) is as follows:

I have a similar story to tell. I was in-route to New Orleans to save my sister from a VERY BAD situation, i wont go into details but the city was under marshall law (AND YES it was I was there dont tell me otherwise! and this was never advertised,). Cops opening fire on people in the streets, shooting them on site for trying to escape the inner city.... If it wasnt for my dad's 2500Ram Diesel, we would not have been able to find enough fuel so close to town to make a second run on the city to get her, saving her from the likes of the closest thing to a war scene as you can get w/ out being in one.


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Well obviously i would have to type another 10 paragraphs to have it all make sense to you, and upon reading this for a second time, i suppose, there is not short story to all of it to be told and have it make sense, but yes they were, and if it isnt clear, if were them i would too. these were not innocent people, in most cases they were either shooting back, or riot'ing, looting, ect. My opoligies for trying to shorten the story to the point where it doesnt even make sense. THe place was not normal, everyone was just tyring to not die. Yes my prior paragraph completely misrepresents the situation......

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4.0-liter DOHC EFI V6 with VVT-i ... 236hp 266Ft-lbs
265-70R16 BFG Rugged Trail (stock).... Rear Locker (stock)
Bilstine 2.5" lift front + ProComp AAL 2" lift rear
LIFT #s Front engine skid 12" @Rear Diff 10.5" @running board 21" @tx case 16"
6spd Manual Tranny
http://o8k.ifp3.com <-- My Photo gallery

Cops shooting people for trying to leave? That is the biggest piece of B.S. I have ever read on the internet, and that's covering a lot of territory. YOU are full of SHEET>

black smoke filling the intersection and the hybrid with his window down

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His 91 12 valve stock

Well obviously i would have to type another 10 paragraphs to have it all make sense to you, and upon reading this for a second time, i suppose, there is not short story to all of it to be told and have it make sense, but yes they were, and if it isnt clear, if were them i would too. these were not innocent people, in most cases they were either shooting back, or riot'ing. My opoligies for trying to shorten the story to the point where it doesnt even make sense. THe place was not normal, everyone was just tyring to not die. Yes my prior paragraph completely misrepresents the situation......

man why you gotta go and get me all fired up.... BY THE WAY if you didnt know, marshall law means you no longer have rights as a citizen of this country in the form your used to, your forcfully protected, which means if you refuse protection, they can kill you! ITs somthing most americans dont really understand b/c it doesnt ever really happen.

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2008 Tacoma:
4.0-liter DOHC EFI V6 with VVT-i ... 236hp 266Ft-lbs
265-70R16 BFG Rugged Trail (stock).... Rear Locker (stock)
Bilstine 2.5" lift front + ProComp AAL 2" lift rear
LIFT #s Front engine skid 12" @Rear Diff 10.5" @running board 21" @tx case 16"
6spd Manual Tranny
http://o8k.ifp3.com <-- My Photo gallery

Liberty CRD in North America...COLLECTORS ITEM!

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Dave

'06 CRD Limited, Lt. Khaki, MOPAR Slush Mats/Skids, DrawTite Front Hitch, Mag Lite, Yakima Bars, Thule Bike Rack, Fumoto, ORM, 245/70 Revo 2

Wish list: Lift, Boulder Bars, Something Bigger in the Front and Back, More Lights

No to get too technical, but diesel engines run hotter.
You have to put a lot more energy (heat) into diesel fuel to make it burn
than you do gasolene. You also get a lot more energy out of the reaction
for a greater period of time and a higher overall # of BTU's. This
translates into more work being performed.
It is the overall strength and beefyness of a diesel that makes it seem to
run cooler. Thicker piston heads, thicker cylinder walls, and larger cooling
capacity are all necessary to keep the engine from blowing up.
(Just take a look at those old GM 6.2L diesels. They were all built off
of gasolene engine blocks and they all blew up at 70,000 miles)

Basically, what all this means is that a diesel engine HAS to be bigger,
stronger, and run cooler. Otherwise it won't work properly. This is
why diesel engines are generally more expensive, but it also makes
them able to pull harder and last a lot longer.

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you are misinformed about the 6.2 diesel. Mine would have blown up twice by now according to you.
The 6.2 was designed from the ground up as a diesel.
You seem to be speaking about the 5.7 that gm built and it was a disaster.
The 6.2 and 6.5 are the same basic engine.

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His 96 12 valve 5/12's, 62/65/14, built pump, Hamilton head and cam, fluidampner, high speed floormats
His 91 12 valve stock