Realizing Future Trends in Diesel Engine Development
972686
08/06/1997
- Event
- Content
- Volkswagen is the first automobile manufacturer to supply a passenger car with a direct fuel injection diesel engine to the US market, starting 1996. To meet the stringent US exhaust gas legislation the very successful European 1.9 liter TDI engine has been further developed for the 1996 and 1997 Passat. This TD1 incorporates a number of innovations in advanced diesel technology. Emissions-reducing innovations include:
- reduced crevice volume
- higher injection pressures
- upgraded injection management
- integrated EGR manifold system
- EGR cooling
- diesel catalytic converter
This TDI engine configuration is also to be offered in the 1997 Golf and Jetta class and the new Passat in model year 1998. Over the coming years the TDI engine concept will be further optimized by utilizing variations of the above innovations.
- Pages
- 15
- Citation
- Georgi, B., Hunkert, S., Liang, J., and Willmann, M., "Realizing Future Trends in Diesel Engine Development," SAE Technical Paper 972686, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/972686.