[SEL] Flywheel dangers

[Skip Cleveland]

This isinteresting. I run my old "M" on kerosene or lamp oil  all the time. 
I like the smell of it.

Skip
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Moran" <jrmoraninc at yahoo.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Flywheel dangers


> Hmmm....
> Generally "dual fuel" machinery is  designed to "start" on (then 
> expensive) gasoline and then be  transferred to operation by a (then) less 
> expensive fuel source for  long-term use.  I guess we agree that the 
> "then" -vs- "now" factor  throws a monkey wrench into the mix.  Why bother 
> to argue the  point, after all?  It is meaningless now.
>
> JC...I have a  sneaking suspicion that, if I put my mind (and body) to it, 
> I could  unearth hundreds of engines within (let's just say) a fifty mile 
> radius  of my home.  Should I bother with such an exercise or is it just 
> better to let these sleeping dogs lie?  Seriously...what do you  feel?
>
>  Jm
>
> John Culp <johnculp at chartertn.net> wrote:  >   **   I assume that you 
> meant to say kero or distillate, no?
>
> Mine specifies on its label "Gasoline or Kerosene." "Distillate"
> certainly covers a lot of ground, but generally meant heavier
> distillates than kerosene, like "Gas Oil" or what we now call Diesel
> fuel. I've tried running my M on Diesel. Doesn't work for crap.
>
> There were a number of carbureted engines designed to run on heavy
> distillates, but they commonly employed additional measures to handle
> them, like exhaust-heated intake air. Engines designed for the heavier
> distillates were often generically termed "Oil Engines," of which the
> Diesels are a subclass.
>
> John Culp
> Bristol, Tennessee, USA
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