The Diesel Engine

[White Exec]

Just watched this, currently on iPlayer:
BBC Four "Timeshift" Series 15 3: The Engine that Powers the World"

Traces history of Rudolf Diesel's invention, from early days to present.
Features Citroen Rosalie, Ricardo, Delphi, Deltic, road/rail/marine.
Gentle acknowledgment of current environmental issues.
Great detail, and worth watching.

[Peter.N.]

Wish I had seen that. There are a lot of video's on youtube which are very interesting. I have been playing with diesels since 1959 when I bought a Perkins conversion kit fo a Vauxhall Velox. Have done about a dozen conversions over the years but stopped doing them after I drove my first CX diesel - you couldn't compete with that. They have changed a lot since I did my first one.

Peter

[White Exec]

Hi Peter,

Can't see the complete programme on YouTube, but four clips from it are there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWU7OXk8eKo - and three others.

Whole programme on BBC iPlayer, if you look for it there.

Can't beat the smell of warm diesel first thing in the morning

[Peter.N.]

Thanks for that Chris

The old diesels used to smell lovely when you first started them up, a lovely sweet smell, unlike cold petrol exhaust which could take the skin off your throat

Peter

[xantia_v6]

The complete program is still available on iPlayer for a few days. Search for Time watch, the episode is called The Engine.

[kingp]

No longer there ;(

[Ciaran]

Stuff on iPlayer tends to expire after a month or so. Quite annoying when you haven't got around to watching something yet.

Sounds like a great show Chris, must look out for it coming round again.

Ciarán

[White Exec]

Just realised the program is also here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCA5pInfPpM

Worth also searching on YouTube for "BBC Timeshift" and "BBC Timeshift Citroen" - lots of other great documetaries.