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Re:Kharkovchanka – Soviet Antarctic Cruisers [video] by Torkel on Friday July 24, 2020 @08:28AM (#23938654)
The video mentions that this was done because the people in the driver cabin became covered in diesel soot as the sealing between engine and cabin was not 100%.
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Re:Kharkovchanka – Soviet Antarctic Cruisers [video] by jojobas on Friday July 24, 2020 @08:49AM (#23938805)
You don't typically see soot dispersed from under the hood of diesel trucks, that would mean leaky exhaust (a big no-no even with external engines). Sure they had their reasons.
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Re:Kharkovchanka – Soviet Antarctic Cruisers [video] by jhayward on Friday July 24, 2020 @10:43AM (#23940109)
A lot of diesel engines have a certain amount of blow-by, which is exhaust pressurizing the crankcase by bypassing e.g. the piston rings. This can leak out from valve rocker covers, etc.
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Re:Kharkovchanka – Soviet Antarctic Cruisers [video] by lstodd on Saturday July 25, 2020 @03:00AM (#23947342)
Yeah like the other comment said, they leak.

Especially when it's a tank diesel, not designed for longevity at all.

You have to keep in mind that those were just campers thrown on top of a T-55 tank chassis.

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