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OCR: The outstanding feature of the Diesel engine is its high efficiency at full and part load (typically 40%) and very low fuel consumption at ide These are direct result of the fixed (high) compression ratio allloads and the lack air pumping additional advantage of the diesel is that it can burn a lower of fuel which inherently has more energy per gallon and usually costs IeSs than gasoline Diesels can aso be designed to burn various grades of fuel (including gasoline) with some increase in injection pump costs done some military vehicles Note that if it were not for mechanical friction and auxiliary power reouirements diesel would theoretically require zero power at no ipedi This is not true of the gas engine idle loads losses addii iona obeiuenpe thai grade whict inher rentiy less soline al ...