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Old 6 Dec 2008, 21:46 (Ref:2349196)   #15
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Originally Posted by AdamAshmore
Which, oddly, you might want to do. For emission reasons. In an EGR engine you are trying to reduce the amount of oxygen to cut down on NOx production.
Point taken.

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Originally Posted by littlefarny
burn up all of the available oxygen
Call me pedantic, but you don't burn oxygen. Burning is the process of combining flammable materials with oxygen! (See, I was listening in those chemistry lessons!)

Maybe you'd like to expand on your idea - are you actually proposing anything that isn't being done now, apart from cooling the exhaust gases?
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