Ha se 'nete hore likoloi tsa diesel ha li khone ho tsamaea litseleng tse kholo. Taba ena e ka 'na ea bakoa ke ho se utloisise litšobotsi tsa likoloi tsa diesel. Ha e le hantle, likoloi tsa diesel li na le melemo e ikhethang le ts'ebetso ka lebelo la litsela tse kholo.
Ea pele, lienjineri tsa diesel li itšetlehile ka moea o hatelitsoeng ho futhumatsa motsoako oa diesel. Mokhoa ona oa ho tuka o lumella lienjineri tsa diesel ho fihlela tekanyo e phahameng ea compression le tlhahiso e kholo ea torque. Ka hona, likoloi tsa diesel hangata li fana ka matla a lekaneng ka lebelo la litsela tse kholo, haholo-holo nakong ea ho potlakisa le ho feta.
Ea bobeli, diesel e na le matla a phahameng a matla ho feta peterole, ho bolelang hore tekanyo e tšoanang ea diesel e fana ka matla a mangata, e leng se hlahisang moruo o phahameng oa mafura. Liteko tse ngata tsa 'nete tsa lefats'e{1}li boetse li bonts'itse hore likoloi tsa diesel li na le tšebeliso e tlase ea mafura ha li matha ka lebelo la litsela tse kholo, e leng molemo o moholo bakeng sa ho khanna{2}}moo ho khannang sebaka se selelele.
Ehlile, likoloi tsa diesel le tsona li na le litaba tse ling tseo u lokelang ho li ela hloko ha li matha ka lebelo la litsela tse kholo, joalo ka lerata le batlang le le holimo le ho thothomela, tse ka amang boiketlo ba ho khanna. Leha ho le joalo, ka tsoelo-pele e tsoelang pele ea theknoloji, likoloi tsa kajeno tsa diesel li entse lintlafatso tse kholo phokotsong ea lerata le ho sisinyeha.
Ho feta moo, litsamaiso tsa ho kenya mafura likoloing tsa diesel li rarahane haholo, li hloka boleng bo phahameng ba mafura. Ka hona, ha u sebelisa koloi ea diesel, u lokela ho khetha mafura a boleng bo botle ho netefatsa hore enjene e sebetsa hantle le ho lelefatsa bophelo ba eona ba tšebeletso.