The diesel engine, developed by Rudolf Diesel in 1892, is the most important type of engine used to power all kinds of vehicles nowadays.

Thanks to their superior efficiency, high torque and low revs, diesel engines have long become established for all types of vehicles. Ongoing development has also made them both quiet and clean.

Diesel engines are characterised by their direct injection and unaided ignition. The power of such engines is not regulated by the volume of air but by the injected fuel.

Developments over recent years have meant that normally aspirated diesel engines are largely obsolete. Modern engines are usually supercharged by means of an exhaust gas turbocharger in order to achieve optimum fuel supply.

Sensors and actuators

CO4204-7F UniTrain course: Sensors in motor vehicles

CarTrain "Sensors, open- and closed-loop control systems"

Injection trainer

CO4204-6X UniTrain course: Common rail diesel injection system

Engine management trainer

ATS1 High-speed glow system

MMM1 Modular engine management "Common Rail"

CarTrain "Common Rail with variable geometry turbocharger"

CarTrain "Common Rail"

CO3221-9D Changing timing belts in overhead camshaft engines

OBD trainer

CO3216-1Z OBD II simulator with CAN interface and scan tool

Test engine trainer

SO3240-3H Common rail engine (TDI) with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) converter