turbo diesel
Pressurized oil-burner engine
A turbo diesel is a diesel engine equipped with a turbocharger—a device that forces more air into the combustion chamber, increasing power and efficiency.
The term appears as both noun and adjective: a turbo diesel pickup, The truck runs on turbo diesel.
Common in heavy-duty vehicles where diesel's torque combines with turbo boost for hauling and towing.
- engineMachine producing motion
- exhaustUse up entirely
- black smokeSooty airborne combustion byproduct
- rolling coalDeliberately excessive diesel emissions
- torqueRotational force measurement
pulling power · boost · intercooler · compression · fuel · fuel economy · injection · tractor · truck · smoke · rumble · horsepower · glow plug · cold start · soot · heavy-duty · work truck · hauling
- enginesgasoline engine, car engine, truck engine, piston engine, four-stroke engine
- diesel enginesfuel injector, glow plug, direct injection, injector, compression ignition
- diesel locomotiveslocomotive, GE, General Electric, switcher, shunter
- turbochargerssupercharger, compressor, wastegate, intercooler, boost
- boat enginesoutboard, outboard motor, inboard, inboard motor, trolling motor
- diesel partsfuel injector, glow plug, fuel pump, piston, cylinder head
turbo dieselelectric motor
Converts current to motion
hydrogen fuel cell · plug-in hybrid · steam engine · electric vehicle · human-powered
turbo, diesel, turbos, diesels, turbocharged, turbocharger, turbochargers, turbine, turbines