Posted by spacechem on May 12, 2010 at 02:01:56 from (116.9.149.39):
In Reply to: Gas vs Deisel posted by Tom R.S. on May 12, 2010 at 01:09:58:
In the days before we had powerful electric starting systems, it was not unusual to start a diesel engine on gasoline with lowered compression and, when temperature started to rise a bit, you threw a lever to raise the compression and switched to diesel. It was never advisable to run them for prolonged periods on gasoline.
The alternative was to use an auxiliary gasoline engine to spin over the diesel ala John Deere and Caterpillar.
Maybe the For Sale poster has found a way he can get it started directly on diesel. Maybe he’s confused like you. Maybe he parks it on a hill…
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