need a garage for a quick 5th gear replacement on a Ducato 2.8 litre diesel 2002, in LeMans France, doews anyone know of a garage?

[Pudsey Bear]

What do you mean Jim and which models

 

[trevskoda]

Pudsey is correct, if you drive in a gear to high and cannot accerate then you burn more fuel, best practice is just into the green on rev counter, known as the sweet spot, this is the point where induction flow is not being pushed in but just about static inbetween a push/force and suction, above this turbo starts to force induction on deisel, on a non petrol turbo engine when it comes on the cam this is known as ram efect, hence the power band and sudden acceration.
Thats my tuning lesson over for the day.

 

[maingate]

What do you mean Jim and which models

I was referring to the AI info in your post. I believe it is bad info for all vehicle diesel engines, especially those that have a heavy load to move.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I always hang onto a gear for longer than those speeds so the engine isn't labouring.

 

[maingate]

I always hang onto a gear for longer than those speeds so the engine isn't labouring.

Drive between 2K and 3K rpm and you can't go far wrong. I never look at the speedometer, I glance at the rev counter and listen to the sound of the engine when I am not looking at the revs. My eyes are glued to the road ahead. I only have one job to do and that is to safely get from A to B.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I like to keep near to 2k usually if I'm not in a hurry Jim, which is most of the time, I bet we did most of France in 3rd-4th 30-50kph