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If You Thought Replacing Your V8’s Spark Plugs Was Bad, How About 60 Spark Plugs Across 30 Cylinders? COTD

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By Mercedes Streeter
| The Autopian
The gasoline engine has taken so many different shapes and forms over history, from familiar inline-fours and V8s to beautiful radials. But someone has to maintain these things, and more elaborate engines may be equipped with dozens of spark plugs. Chrysler once made a tank engine that had 60 of them! The Bishop wrote about the glorious Ford GAA, but he really only scratched the surface of tank engines. Hoser68: This wasn’t even the weird engine for the Sherman.
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The U.S. Proposes Deleting Limp Mode Entirely For Running A Diesel Truck With A Broken DEF System

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By Mercedes Streeter
| The Autopian
The diesel engine continues to be one of the greatest inventions in transportation. Much of the world runs on diesel, and if these engines aren’t reliable, they can cripple vital transportation systems. But they also come with an environmental toll. Today’s trucks use an assembly of emissions systems to clean up their tailpipes for cleaner air, and one of those systems is Diesel Exhaust Fluid.
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The U.S. Proposes Deleting Limp Mode Entirely For Running A Diesel Truck With A Broken DEF System

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By Mercedes Streeter
| Flipboard
The U.S. Proposes Deleting Limp Mode Entirely For Running A Diesel Truck With A Broken DEF System The diesel engine continues to be one of the greatest inventions in transportation. Much of the world runs on diesel, and if these engines aren’t …
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