Re: Somebody explain to me the difference between distillate and gas!
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Posted by Jeff King on July 18, 1998 at 11:05:49:
In Reply to: Somebody explain to me the difference between distillate and gas! posted by Eric Tessmer on July 17, 1998 at 21:43:12:
: I know that the F series Farmalls ran on distillate or kerosene and one could run an M on on distillate if he set the manifold the right position and used an auxiliary gas tank, but I still don't know what in the bleep distillate is!?!?! I've asked several older farmers who were around during that time and they just mumble and/or walk away. WHAT IS THIS STUFF AND WHERE CAN I GET IT???? I'm gonna need it if I ever get that F-12 that my neighbour's got sitting in the woods. Thanks in advance for bestowing your wisdom.
: Eric I'm referring to my Case manual here, but I'm sure it applies equally to other engines; "Low cost fuel is a term used to define fuels in the distillate or tractor fuel distillation range. Superior grades of low cost fuel compare favorably with low octane gasolines. A fuel with a minimum of 40 octane rating is recommended for use in the 148 cu. in. engine. Do not burn fuel oil or diesel oil in an engine equipped to utilize low cost fuel. The low cost fuel burning engine is equipped with two fuel tanks; the small tank is for gasoline and is used for starting the engine. Once the engine is started and the manifold is heated sufficiently, the large low cost fuel valve can be opened and the gasoline tank shut off. The reason for starting the engine on gasoline is that low cost fuels are not as volatile as gasoline and require a greater manifold heat for combustion thus making it difficult to start a cold engine on low cost fuel."
In other words, distillate or low cost fuel is gasoline that has not been cooked as long as automobile gas. When I was a teenager, friends from Montana used to talk about buying "drip gas" for about 20 cents a gallon, which was distillate that got drained off of the oil pipelines. An old Chevy or Ford 6 pickup truck would run on it in the summer.
For your Farmall, you could just by the junkiest quality of automobile gasoline that you can find, which is usually about 86 octane. It should run just fine on it.
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