[SEL] RE: Power Kerosene replacement recipies

[Michael Young]

 I use the ordinary blue dyed kero available in supermarkets to run my
Allan.  It runs no problems now although it did take  take a while to get
the settings right - fuel valve duration being found to be important.  20
minutes of blow lamp to get started now and it goes all day at about 150rpm
provided I slow the water circulation down a bit.  If I forget to slow down
the cooling water, it stops in a smokey blue haze after a few hours!!   I am
told Hornsby's are a bit fussy with fuel but I am yet to find out if
helicopter juice is worth the trouble with them.

Michael
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Skinner" <rskinner at rustyiron.com>
To: <stationary-engine at oldengine.org>; "'The SEL email discussion list'"
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Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 11:07 PM
Subject: [SEL] RE: Power Kerosene replacement recipies


>
> > Now that Power Kerosene is well and truly unavailable, what
> > are people using instead? If used a 50:50 mix of mineral spirit
> > and lighting kerosene used but it fouls the plugs (not hot enough
> > - too much soot?).
> >
> > Yes, I know you can just run the engines on petrol, but I
> > like playing with stuff :)
>
> Hi Paul,
> Your experiments make perfect sense.  Running a kerosene engine on
gasoline is
> like inviting Wolfgang Puck over for dinner and serving him Hamburger
Helper.
>
> The Jet-A that is available from the airports is very similar to kerosene.
> We've used this in the Rumely, but don't any more because airports are not
the
> friendliest places for weird guys who want to fill the back of their vans
up
> with fuel.
>
> In our Hornsby, we burn 1-K which is readily available from petroleum
products
> distributors.  Sometimes it's dyed red to discourage people from using it
in
> their Diesel engines on public roads.  It would seem silly though, to run
$7 per
> gallon kerosene when Diesel is available for a third that price.
>
> The Rumely is thirsty and not economical to run on 1-K, so we mix Diesel a
nd
> gasoline.  The mixture we use varies, but perhaps a mixture of two parts
> gasoline and one part Diesel would be a good place to start experimenting.
>
> Since you already have kerosene on hand, you can try sweetening it up with
> gasoline.
>
> Rob
>
>
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