The Differences Between Petrol and Diesel Engines

Just think about, why Vin Diesel is not Vin Petrol... ;

When you learn more from a 4.5 minute video than an entire day at school Edit: This is a joke dont take it seriously jesus, some people I swear...

Petrol for fun, diesel for job

The thing that really made me like diesels is that you can create diesel fuel from almost any oil, like vegetable oil, or even used cooking oil (as long as you properly filter out particulates). It does have to go through a refining process, but you could essentially make your own biodiesel with oil at home if you wanted. That's cool! You basically just need oil, methanol, and lye, and some know how, and you can make biodiesel that can run in modern diesel engines with no conversion necessary (except if you have natural rubber seals, biodiesel eats through them so you'll need synthetic seals).

You forgot to mention that it is easier to start a petrol in winter, that's why most Russian big trucks run on petrol, so they can start in winter in Siberia

Hands down the best explanation of not only petrol/diesel differences, but also of the strokes in a 4-stroke engine. So concise and simply presented. Well done, guys!

1,5K dislikes are from people, that have electric cars

Audi 2.5 TDi 860.000 Km still running

If this world starts going for electric cars, which it is doing, then in about 50 years, history teachers in school will use this video to show kids what it was like in the petrol/ diesel era

1:42 volkswagen tdi... Heard they have quite good emissions as well.

Our company has several cars with the same model and year but different engines. The petrol one consume 1 litre per 7 km. The diesel one can go about 10.5 km per litre. I like diesel more not only the fuel efficiency but also its got more power going uphill.

You explained this video faster than a diesel engine compression. I got nothing

remember the other diesel video that Car Throttle posted but took down 30 seconds later???

I feel so smart after this.

a 5-minute video literally helped me understand a lot, not only with regards to the differences between diesel and petrol engine, but also with regards how the 4-stroke cycle of an engine works. kudos to you good sir! thank you for this very informative video.

I'm a fan of both the engines. 🙂

Can you do a turbo vs supercharger ☺️

Let the turbo kick in when you drive a diesel car, its sound, its torque will make you forget a petrol car...certainly yes i am a diesel engine fan

Very helpful, thank you YouTube for the recommendation!

I own both a Turbocharged Petrol (2005 1.5T Mitsubishi Colt CZT) and a Turbocharged Diesel (2016 Seat Leon FR 184 TDI with a DTUK Tuning Box) car. Personally, I prefer the Diesel, boost kicks in way sooner (1800 RPM in the diesel, around 3500 in the Petrol) so it's great for overtaking and just in general driving such as pulling away from Junction. However I always make sure to only use the Diesel for longer journeys and the Petrol for shorter journeys to shops and such as the DPF getting clogged can be a big problem with the Diesel if you're not driving it often and long enough.