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RUNNING A DIESEL ENGINE ON KEROSENE
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Posted by Ken McWilliams on November 30, 2000 at 19:24:51 from (64.12.104.164):
I'm interested on any opinions and experiences that you have about running a diesel engine with kerosene. I just rebuilt a Perkins AD4-203. When it came to getting it started, I poured in the kerosene that is used for the ker-o-sun heater. I've run the engine for about a total of 2 hours and just have driven it up and down the lane to check it out. I still don't have everything back together on the tractor including the hood, fenders, rewiring it, etc. When I jumper it with a screwdriver across the starter terminals, the engine is running before than I can get the screwdriver off the starter terminal. I already have cans for regular gas, chainsaw gas, heater fuel, and I'm hesitant to add yet another set of fuel cans for diesel. Ordinarily, I use less than 150 gallons of tractor fuel per year so a fuel storage tank can't be justified. It would be nice to do some combining of fuel cans. I've already combined the different 2cycle oil/gasoline blends for the 3 different chain saws and 2 different weedeaters into one. My son drives a bulk fuel truck, and he's told me that some of the large trucking terminals will order kerosene in the winter and dump into their diesel fuel storage tanks to prevent gelling in the truck fuel tanks during cold weather. They don't seem to be concerned about the ratio. They usually get a full tanker and dump it into whatever amount is in the storage tank at the time. Also, he told me where gas stations carry a premium diesel fuel, it is kerosene with more additives than standard diesel fuel to give better starting and reduced cold weather gelling. Perhaps the better way to keep these hobby diesel tractors going in the winter is to use kerosene rather than standard diesel fuel. Currently, I'm buying the red tinted kerosene for $1.399 per gallon at the local Meijer store. All the other convenience markets in the Dayton area are getting about $1.95 per gallon for kerosene. Ken McWilliams
Dayton, OH
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