DICTIONARY OF AUTOMOTIVE TERMS - "Td"
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TD
- Acronym for Turbo Diesel
- TDC
- Acronym for Top dead center.
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TDCS
- Acronym for top dead center sensor. A backup sensor for the (ECU) should the crank/cyclinde sensor fails
- TDI
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- Acronym for Turbo diesel engine with direct injection
- Acronym for Turbo Direct Injection
- TD rim
- A wheel rim which incorporates two grooves running around the circumference of the bead seats; the tires have special extended bead toes which fit into these grooves
- TD wheel
- A safety wheel incorporating a Td rim with run-flat properties, which in case of a puncture allow further driving of up to 20 miles at a maximum speed of 40 mph. In the event of deflation, the reinforced bead toes are held firmly in place by the grooves, thereby preventing the tire from sliding into the rim well. The width and diameter of both tire and rim are given in millimeters, to prevent the fitting of a normal tire to a TD rim or conversely of a TD tire to a conventional wheel. Rim marking 150 TD 365 stands for a rim measuring 150 mm in width and 365 mm in diameter and having a TD contour