Diesel cars or well-maintained trucks will start more effortlessly in the winter. Most of the stuff that prevents diesel engines from starting quickly in the cold involves dirty oil, using the ...

Meanwhile, the diesel’s old bugbear of poor starting in cold weather has been licked by the adoption of piezoelectric fuel injectors with multiple nozzles, which can spray fuel in whatever ...

SACRAMENTO – Many businesses forced to upgrade their diesel fleets to meet new California emissions standards will likely sell their old equipment ... are phased in starting in 2010.

Along with "change your oil every 3,000 miles" and "use premium gas to get more horsepower," the idea that diesels don't start well in cold weather is an old myth that just won't die. That was ...

As you can guess, they were filled with starting fluid (or ether) meant to help old diesel engines fire up. They were especially useful for two-stroke Detroit Diesels as they relied on ether in ...

But diesel hegemony is under attack in Europe, led by France’s socialist government. France wants to persuade buyers to cash in their old diesels for electric cars by offering incentives of up ...

Several car manufacturers run their own scrappage schemes, offering customers money off new vehicles if they trade-in old ones. Some of them will accept only diesel vehicles, although some will ...