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Munro - don't forget that Lobey is in a diesel so he has no throttle.
Lobey - in the diesel, the accelerator pedal just controls the amount of fuel sent into the engine. So when above idle speed, with your foot off the accelerator you send in no fuel. In a petrol it's often a different story. Because there is a throttle, the engine is pumping against a closed tube - so you get lots of engine braking. It's quite common for petrol cars to allow a small amount of fuel for a couple of seconds (to prevent jerkiness when coming on and off the throttle), and then cut the flow off (you can sometimes feel this).
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