Meaning of wet stacking | Babel Free

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The condition or practice of passing unburned fuel out of the exhaust system of a (diesel) vehicle, for example due to idling the engine for long intervals, which does not generate enough heat for a complete burn.

uncountable

Examples

“Wet⟳ stacking simply means that unburned fuel is leaving the cylinder and going into the exhaust⟳ manifold and out the […] Wet⟳ stacking also forces unburned fuel past the piston rings and into the engine oil, causing fuel dilution of the lube[…]”

“Figure⟳ 5 shows the effects of the wet⟳ stacking phenomenon on the D-G exhaust⟳ pipe. When the D-G sets work⟳ in the underloaded mode, piston rings do not expand⟳ sufficiently to properly seal the space between the piston and the cylinder[…]”

“Operating diesel engines repeatedly or for prolonged periods of time without load⟳ can cause wet⟳ stacking of unburned diesel fuel oil in the exhaust⟳ system. Wet⟳ stacking can lead⟳ to other diesel engine problems, including explosions in[…]”

CEFR level