[SEL] IHC M 3 HP Question

Tue Feb 28 15:45:01 PST 2006

In a message dated 2/28/2006 7:10:14 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
fero_ah at city-net.com writes:

The  water comes from the hopper.  There should be three needle  valves
across the mixer, one for gas, one for kero, and one for  water.  I don't
know off hand if the water enters the mixer via a  passage from the hopper
to the needle valve or via an external line.   

Arnie & Ron,
Thanks for the information.  I found an  external water line connection on 
the carburetor.  The only place that  may be the hopper connection is at the 
bottom and toward the head.  I was  under the impression that this hopper 
connection point was the hopper  drain.  Apparently, I now stand corrected.  If the 
hopper is the water  feed for the carburetor, then as the water level 
decreases, will the engine use  less water?
>From some of the information that I have read about kerosene fuel  engine is 
that the water prevents knocking due low octane of kersosene.   The article 
that I read stated that water usage was about half of the kerosene  usage.  How 
much water will this engine normally use under  load?
All this time, I thought water injection was a WWII invention. 
Again thanks for prompt replies.

Francis  Maciel
Santa Maria,  CA

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<DIV><STRONG>Again thanks for prompt replies.</DIV>
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