Posted by paul on January 18, 2012 at 15:02:14 from (76.77.196.252):
In Reply to: Alternative fuel posted by Hoosierhog on January 18, 2012 at 12:05:27:
Both pure ethanol in gas and pure veggie oil in diesels need heaters and different jetting/ fuel mix to work in anything ubnder 80 degrees.
Ethanol would work much better in an engine designed for high compression, while our old tractors are lower than average compression.
Both work tho, with a little effort.
European New Holland tractors are certified to run on pure veggie diesel fuel - at least some models. Lots of Cummings Doge folks have after market setups to make a pickup work. Much aftermarket work on VW diesels as well.
Back in the 1980's I went to the local college, they were running a Farmall tractor and several vehicles on 100% ethanol, including winter here in MN - put a shroud over the muffler and drew the air intake from there to heat it up, made water jacket block to curculate coolant around the carb venturee area.
Was very intersting. We toured the still as well, made from an NH3 tank as the cooker.
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