Posted by Jon Hagen on September 24, 2010 at 23:26:58 from (69.26.23.96):
In Reply to: Re: distillate posted by 4020deereboy on September 24, 2010 at 22:57:38:
Distilate was a heavy fuel about like low grade kerosene. It was not a good user friendly fuel, but it was very cheap to use and produced good power.
The engine had to be started and warmed up on gasoline, then the fuel supply to the carb switched to distalate. You need an operator controlled shutter system in front of the radiator to keep the engine coolant as hot as possible, plus an intake manifold that preheated the air distilate mix very hot to get it to vaporize and burn correctly. Even so, the stuff did not burn very well in a spark ignition engine. The recommendation in the operators manual was to drain 1/8 to 1/4 of the engine oil every day and replace it with new oil, as fuel dilution of the engine oil was very bad when burning distilate. The fuel dilluted engine oil could be mixed with the distilate fuel and burned as fuel. Some dual fuel tractors like the JD model D had a crude water injection system to help kill detonation knock when burning low octane fuel like distilate.
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