Posted by Bob Kerr on July 09, 2009 at 10:31:46 from (216.249.86.199):
In Reply to: Tractor fuel. posted by spiffy1 on July 08, 2009 at 19:52:59:
I ran my 29 10-20 on kero and it did fine. I know the 22-36 has the water injection set up to keep the mixture from preigniting and causing pinging. The 3 HP and larger stationary engines like the IHC M 3hp also has water injection for use when running kero. That said, I think IHC was more concerned about the carbon in the larger engines glowing and causing the pinging more so than high compression causing the ping. The steam from the water in the fuel mix would douse the glowing ember. If you do run kero you must cover the LOWER part of the radiator to get the water temp up to prevent oil dillution. I found that if the lower water return elbow was good and warm to the touch it would be ok and not cook the head. Be sure to use good sae 30wt or 40wt oil. straight 50 wt would be better if it will be running at very hot temps for long periods. Those engines will run on diesel oil ok BUT the pariffins will gunk up the spark plugs and also cause exess carbon in the cylinder head to build up. I knew a guy in Oklahoma whos Dad ran straight crude oil from the test cock on a well in their 10-20 when he couln"t afford regular tractor fuels back during the depression. It did ok but he did have to clean the spark plugs at noon and in the evening because they would gunk up. I also ran my 35 F-12 on kero and did a HP test on a dyno. I did a comparison test for kero VS gas. The HP was the same at 13.5 for both fuels, but on the kero run I did have to lean the carb a bit so the HP hours were better on kero. When I would first start my 10-20, one full starting tank of gas was barely enough to get the engine warmed up like it should to run kero so keep that in mind. One last thing, when you run kero or anything but gas, be sure to let the tractor sit over night and let any kero float to the top of the oil and drain the oil from the middle valve on the oil pan. then refill with fresh oil to the top valve. Even if ran hot, there will be some dillution. I ran plain old kerosene and it smelled different enough to get people talking about what fuel I was using. If you see white smoke the manifold is too cold and is dilluting the oil.
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