Why Do Diesel Engines Last Longer Than Petrol (Gasoline) Engines?

[@Dmxravin]

Never seen so much nonsense and dulled down information from a channel that has ‘engineering’ in its name. One of the main reason Diesel engine survive longer to some extent is that diesel in itself is an oil which lubricates the upper part of the piston. Compared to petrol which is more like a detergent. This is the only difference. There’s gear and driven oil pumps in petrol cars too.

[@stefans.6488]

Diesel engines also tend to last longer because they‘re usually used for driving long distances because they are more fuel efficient, and driving long distances at once causes way less wear, than having to do many cold startups. You‘re right, the video has a lot of nonsense information

[@lotfi7567]

Diesel parts are stronger ✅

[@gutadin5]

guys, who is more prone to overheating, gas engine or diesel engine? i am torn between the Toyota Prado gas or Prado diesel?

[@Dmxravin]

@@gutadin5 there is no statistic difference all engines can overheat a diesel might quicker because of turbocharging and higher compression ratios

[@TruthTortoise81]

what was all that prattle about diesel engines being gear driven and self cooling? Seriously what? Oh and they have larger cylinders? So a 2 litre diesel engine has larger cylinders than a 2 litre petrol does it? Oh wait... no. Exactly the fecking same. And a diesel engine uses 15 gallons of oil does it? Did they just make up every single "fact" in the video.

[@stevemamula179]

Diesel lasting longer then gasoline engine no longer holds true as it once did before emissions regulations forced on diesel engine manufactures by government. Diesel tech for over 30 years.

[@shueibdahir]

Take care of the EGR and DPF before they start to cause problems

[@szamanisticrealistic2659]

Still a 1.6 tdi goes 500k+ km while petrols do around max 300... The repairs of DPF can be done at a 4 times lower price than at the official service nowadays, and it will run for another 100k km without any problems.

[@amateur_football9751]

Diesel are not practical in the US, to few mechanics

[@ArlindNeziraj-ej3zr]

Petrol can go 400k km with good maintenance

[@mylifestartsat8k]

sorry to spill the beans but that's a drop of truth in a bucket of lies and misconception. I'm a mechanic, I personally have a diesel turbo for my own reasons. There is nothing that indicates one would last longer than another, design, manufacturer, quality of the finished product, engineering, maintenance, type of use are all factors. I've seen diesels blow up in under 100k miles too often due to poor design and flaws from leading manufacturers. If your statement was factual then petrol/gas engines will cease to exist. No two diesels are the same also goes for gas. I can atomise and correct you on every statement but that would be a very long response. Please speak from experience only not a google search, wiki or some Ai software you used to mislead people who aren't experienced in the automotive industry.

[@balaji565]

Thank you for the info. You saved many.

[@vlatkoan]

What an understatement!

[@MrExec3549]

My 2014 VW TDI. The very best car that I’ve ever owned.

[@davidesorrentino2069]

Never in my life have I ever heard of a diesel engine going for more than A MILLION miles, that would be fantastic since i have a diesel but its just a fantasy

[@paulscountry456]

Big rigs do it all the time..

[@awangtaiepalat7308]

Problem is diesel engine relies on fuel injectors and its pretty expensive to replace them compared to spark plugs.

[@LBZDreamer]

Dude. Injectors can be rebuilt for the fraction of the price of replacement. My truck has 248k on factory injectors and my dad's truck has 430k on factory injectors.

[@richardkaz2336]

Not many naturaly aspirated petrol engines are fitted to cars these days. Many have fuel injectors, while petrol injectors are vastly cheaper (plastic) they are also not designed to last or to be serviceable.

[@kxtreme1942]

No need to rebuild injectors if you drive properly.

[@treandre1344]

@@LBZDreamerbro what trucks I wanna buy one

[@blunthex]

All fuel powered vehicles have injectors , glow plugs are what diesel have that gasoline vehicles do not have…..you all really do believe everything you watch on the internet huh? Especially since he had the wrong information and said injectors instead of glow plugs when he was talking about gasolines have spark plugs while diesels use “injectors”💀💀💀💀💀🤡

[@izetbilcevic9957]

golf 2 1.6 diesel 60HP never dies

[@rey6450]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Ima184mm]

I love Diesel and Turbo Charger!

[@amateur_football9751]

Until the high pressure oil pumps breaks and its $6k dollars plus weeks for the mechanic to even take a look at it...thanks but no thanks

[@-Yurkey]

I am not sure if this is true anymore... Petrols are now considered more reliable. Diesels now have DPF's, turbos, adblue, dual mass flywheels and the injectors that were mentioned were always a lot more expensive than spark plugs to replace. Also engine and transmission mounts can be like 500€ a piece to replace because diesels tend to need more insulation from vibration...Well maybe the video is true for old diesel hunks in semis but nowadays buying a used diesel car is much more of a lottery than buying a used petrol (unless it's one od those small displacement turbo petrols, they love to go wrong)

[@chanithusethwin5743]

It's hard to believe the truth son, I know it😂

[@ciro79]

@@chanithusethwin5743 It is truth.NA petrol engine is simpliest design and last longer than modern turbo diesels and repairs are lower cost.And this video is so amateur.2 bilion miles diesel and such a stupid nosnese .....maybe and even maybe for big truck diesels but not even a close for small car diesel engines.

[@GoogleUser--jk1db]

1.000.000 to 1.500.000 miles? I dont really believe that. Every person I know who is driving a diesel engine needed a repair at 200.000 miles because something broke (turbocharger, V-Belt, Injectors,...). My dad drives a Toyota Avensis 1.8 VVT-i which has 240.000 miles on it. He never needed to repair the engine.

[@StatSynergy]

That's cool!, wondering if modern diesel engines are more reliable as they use more electical parts such as electric such as actuators, DPFs and in the UK B7 or 7% biodiesel, for reliability are things getting better or worse?

[@Zeghetank]

Diesel is much more expensive to maintain and more complex than a gasoline engine. Both engines, if you maintain them properly, can go for long time. I had a diesel and it's a pain. One stupid diesel injector is the equivalent of more than four petrol injectors!!! I'll never buy one again. Petrol engine forever!

[@abelflorea2376]

The main reason diesel engine survive longer is because petrol engine efficiency is at higher temperatures and higher revs which this leads to parts failing such as gaskets and hoses

[@nickarnup9299]

Correct me if I’m wrong but some of this information in this video is wrong

[@nickarnup9299]

Like his compared a spark plug to a diesel injector and not the glow plug and Im pretty sure he got the measurements of oil wrong as well if he was using regular sized Diesel engines for the video

[@jumasayeh4574]

also the rpm is wrong

[@TruthTortoise81]

All of the information in the video is wrong.

[@losteden]

i do DIY and for me is gasiline and LPG more economical than diesel and repair friendly!! diesel to much issues!! dificult to repair!! save in MPG and spend it in shop

[@chrisgermann6658]

Diesels in cars run on either belts or chains so i don't know where all this gear nonsense came from unless they are talking about locomotive engines?. One of the main reasons is component durability as the cylinders need to handle higher compression and the Diesel fuel acts as a lubricant around the cylinder head. Longer journeys = less wear.

[@nairamdiam]

Naturaly aspirated diesels are the best. They lack power at low revs, but they generally have better mileage and are much more durable. For example - 1.9 SDI. A little weak at low revs, but indestructible engine, can maintain 1 milion miles

[@herrimangara8431]

As far as I know, turbo used for getting power at higher RPM, not lower, as the turbo will spooling at higher RPM.

[@strukitru]

The first sentence already is a lie. The engine is NOT a source of power. The fuel is, DUH. An engine converts it.

[@TheLM1961]

totally disagree, they are comparing a light duty petrol vehicle engine to a heavy duty diesel vehicle engine, this is not a fair comparison, take a normal passenger diesel car, and compare it to a normal passenger petrol car, then you will see that petrol has much less problems, with over 50 years of experience with boats, I can also say that in the sports cruise class boats petrol has less problems, when we run upstream on a river, the engines run for 6 to 7 hours continuously at 80% throttle, with diesels of different makes we sometimes had three blown cylinder head gaskets in one season, with petrol no problem at all!!!!!

[@ilqar887]

If thats the case why it is not preffered over gasoline

[@johndelong5574]

I think the robot narrator was running on windows 95

[@rasqual78]

So much ridiculous misinformation. Who the heck wrote this script?

[@richardkaz2336]

Seems some of this information is misleading and or out of date.

[@Nandish96]

Thanks bro 🙏 🙌

[@UnboxingEngineering]

Welcome 👍

[@yourbary9257]

Bro is there any difference in Indian vehicle because in india it is considered that diesal engine has life of 10 years and petrol of 15

[@sagar_27.99]

No! Engines are same around the world It may be a permit to run on the road

[@AsadoMao]

I guess maybe more start-stop traffic?

[@albertmukhim7690]

good info.doubt cleard

[@informationify]

Very clear information ♥️

[@UnboxingEngineering]

Thanks for Appreciation Keep watching unbox engineering

[@gutadin5]

@@UnboxingEngineering you mean diesel engine less prone to overheating than gas engine?

[@kresimirsantak1209]

Not any more!

[@kdsvidhu853]

Perfect

[@elcholomoreno31]

Nah its equally the same .... Gas is cheaper ti maintain and take care of...

[@cetocoquinto4704]

For me diesel is dirtier...no matter how new the engine its still running like squid if you rev it 😂

[@hankabsher6028]

Garbage comparison. Cars and semi's arent comparable. Better comparison would be a gas truck vs a diesel pickup. Same class.

[@hassaanjanjua]

imma diesel engine in bed

[@blunthex]

Lmfao “injectors” I think you meant glow plugs

[@3rdTrickGang]

Not all diesels have glow plugs, so injectors is right. Compression, fuel, timing, all you need.

[@mukeshrawat9576]

🙏

[@APA2345]

Could be one of Chevy's early duramax engines. GMC didn't start producing diesel engines until the mid 1990's.