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Originally posted by MrSelfDestruct
Good call. I don't think diesel will vaporize enough to be combustible in that condition.
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This is why there are additives for diesel that prevent it from gelling at low temperatures.
Diesel engines are also equipped with 'glow plugs' that heat up the top of the combustion chamber to help aid the combustion process. Also, diesel combustion is unlike gas, in that the compression in the cylinders is responsible for the combustion, not a spark; being so, vaporization is not necessary.
-SF