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Re: Can I make Diesel fuel out of Kerosene and Motor Oil?
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Posted by Steve - IN on September 16, 2002 at 14:55:56 from (12.222.132.139):
In Reply to: Can I make Diesel fuel out of Kerosene and Motor Oil? posted by Duane(Pa) on September 16, 2002 at 13:34:28:
Duane, I agree with Jim. It doesn't make sense. Tractors made to run on kerosene have 4 or 5 to 1 compression ratios. Your Diesel runs something like a 20:1 compression ratio. Kerosene has very low octane, Diesel fuel very high octane -- that is, fuel is hard to ignite while kerosene is volatile stuff. Mixing the stuff with oil to raise the octane is probably a black art that shouldn't try without some kind of chemistry degree under your belt. So unless you really want to see your motor act like a hand grenade I wouldn't do it. Go buy some M-180's and set them off in the field. The bang may be about the same, it's a lot cheaper, and you won't have to clean up all the shrapnel afterwards. Seeing if you can trade the kerosene you have to some guy who runs an all fuel tractor and is willing to pump you some heating oil from his furnace in return would be my druthers. Steve
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