Thread: Diesel VS Petrol offroad especially water?

Originally Posted by MR LR jnr.

Diesels have a higher compression ratio, much more likely to hydro lock and **** the motor terminally than it's petrol counterpart.

Yeah too right after all that is how a diesel works , it does not have spark plugs so squashes the diesel so much that it heats up and explodes. Guess what, water can't be compressed as much as diesel and does not explode like diesel so just finds the weakest link which is normally the conrod.

bollocks, petrol engines are just as easily damaged.
diesels have 20:1 petrols 10:1 compression ratio,
Water cant be compressed,
pour some into the carby of your sidevalve briggs & stratton lawnmower engine at 6:1 compression ratio & watch the conrod come out the crankcase.