Re: Farmall H using Bio-Diesel

Posted by Bill Smith on April 15, 2003 at 21:20:00 from (63.147.130.49):

In Reply to: Farmall H using Bio-Diesel posted by Mark - Michigan on April 13, 2003 at 21:34:17:

The Farmall M had a diesel engine as an option from factory. That engine I believe was equiped with fuel injecters ans so on. It was different than the duel fuel burning M's. To my knowledge, the H's were not released with diesel engines, but were released with duel fuel burning engines. Note, that kerosene and distillate fuels were intended for the duel fuel burners, but there was a little difference between the two (I think in the head or maybe the carb). You no doubt know what kerosene is. Pretty much just what you dump in your lantern. Distillate fuel is a not a totally refined fuel and to my understanding is sort of a natural blend of a number of fuels. Diesel is somewhat different, but I'm not sure what it is. I do know that diesel and kerosene/distillate are different. I'm not saying you absolutely can't burn diesel in a duel fuel burning H, but it is likely not going to run like it would on the intended fuel. I have tried mixing gas and diesel and burning it in a distillate burning F-20. The mixed fuels in the big tank, sediment bowl, and carb would seperate. The heavier diesel fuel would settle, leaving the lighter gasoline on the top. You could litterally see it happen in the sediment bowl. And yes, I had straight gas in the small tank that I was pre-heating engine with. The homemade blend for the "distillate" just simply didn't work right. The heated manifold must be in the hot position for the denser fuel (kero or dist). This simply heats the intake air. The coolant temperature should be in the extremely warm or lower end of hot (not exactly sure) and maintaining that temperature by use of shutters. Denser fuel (kero or dist.) will leak through the rings in your engine. What leaks will be fuel in the crankcase. The oil and fuel will seperate (fuel going to top) after sitting overnight. The idea of draining to lower petcock was to drain off the fuel in crankcase. Then just add new oil to top petcock for the following days running. Not nescisary to do when burning straight gas. Do yourself a favor and just burn gas. You aren't going to observe hardly any money savings in the difference in fuel prices, and if anything you will most likely experience a loss of power, not to mention the pain in the rear of trying to burn something else just because you may or may not be able to.

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