well. as diesels dont have a throttle, they use fuel injection as the throttle. more fuel more revs, they still have the same varieng loads and air consumsion diferances as petrol engines,
so when they get of the throttle the fuel usage drops and so does the amount of air reqired. so surge is not uncommon.
ps.. the im pretty sure direct injection petrol engines dont have a throttle iether..
if im heaps wrong and someone knows please corect me.