Yes! Diesel has come quite a long way from the smoky clunkers of the 90s.
I used to drive a straight-6 twin-turbo diesel BMW SUV.
Full size, 5,500lbs. All wheel drive.
My sister-in-law has the same exact model, similar miles, same transmission, only hers is the gas version.
Both accelerate the same to 60.
I could get 23 mpg around town in my diesel.
When I drove hers, best I could get was 14 mpg around town.
The newer ones that still smoke are tuned improperly. Too much fuel with not enough boost = black smoke.
Today's turbo technology means you ONLy get that if you're adding too much fuel/not enough air; usually with a (poor) tune.
Yes! Diesel has come quite a long way from the smoky clunkers of the 90s.
I used to drive a straight-6 twin-turbo diesel BMW SUV. Full size, 5,500lbs. All wheel drive.
My sister-in-law has the same exact model, similar miles, same transmission, only hers is the gas version.
Both accelerate the same to 60.
I could get 23 mpg around town in my diesel.
When I drove hers, best I could get was 14 mpg around town.
The newer ones that still smoke are tuned improperly. Too much fuel with not enough boost = black smoke.
Today's turbo technology means you ONLy get that if you're adding too much fuel/not enough air; usually with a (poor) tune.
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I think lots of the new ones that smoke have been tuned specificially to smoke. The diesel community calls it "rolling coal."