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They have the distinct advantage of running on what was then a fuel that refiners had a difficult time separating into specific length Hydrocarbons. the result was a low volatility oil with lousy octane numbers. The bad part was that it was emissions dirty, did foul plugs more often than gasoline, and condensed on the cylinder walls on the intake stroke. This condensate traveled (with blow by) past the rings into the crankcase. Every day before starting for the day, the oil was drained into a bucket down to a specific level (usually about a quart or so) then refilled to full with new oil. This process kept engine oil contamination to tolerable cleanliness, and lubricity. Smell yes smoke yes PITA yes, cheap, you bet. Today's catalytic cracking technology uses that material to make gasoline. In fact that is one aspect of why diesel is more expensive than gasoline.
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