Re: Distilate Fuel

Posted by terryger on February 28, 2005 at 08:37:12 from (64.174.7.191):

In Reply to: Re: Distilate Fuel posted by PAULIH300 on February 28, 2005 at 03:18:30:

the engine had to be red hot and the poorer fuel would actually pre-ignite from the hot cast iron and spark plug combo. many of the carbs also pumped water into the cylinder at the same time to claen the carbon(due to poor combustion) out of the cylinders.

this is where the term "dieseling" comes from in modern gas engines. preignition will keep 8 cylinders running after shutoff so 2 cylinders was pretty easy to run regularly in this fashion. just not as efficiently and as long as we want these days. compared to a horse it was a miracle!

kerosene can be lit and as such will burn better. #2 diesel(what we use today. would not work on that application. coal oil(a by prodcut of coal)was in the same basic category as kerosene as was lard renderings. fuel as we know it today was not the same in those days. "corn squeezins" or as some know it "moonshine" could also be run as fuel but was often used to fuel a different kind of "motor"

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