Posted by Tricky Dickie on September 22, 2008 at 03:40:59 from (88.110.156.36):
In Reply to: distolie fuel posted by sammt on September 04, 2008 at 22:26:39:
I hate to be argumentative, but your all-fuel tractor WILL run better on an octane-enhanced kerosine type fuel than ever it will on gasoline! This is because it was DESIGNED to run on such fuel and the engine settings all suit the low grade stuff far better than they do gasoline. Believe me, I know what I am talking about on this - I collect antique tractors and spent many years as ceo of an oil company. Original "distillate" tractor fuel (or TVO in the UK) was made by adding back to ordinary kerosine the high octane (but smokey!) aromatic fractions which had been stripped out during lamp oil manufacture. This raised the octane number of kerosine from about 25 to as much as 65 in some brands of TVO. Nowadays TVO or "tractor fuel" is no longer commercially available, but you can raise the octane of ordinary kerosine sufficiently to make a good substitute, by adding about 15% of high octane gasoline to your kerosine. Start the tractor on gasoline and turn over to the gas/kero mix when the engine is warm, adjust the mixture to suit the fuel and then enjoy finding out how well an old tractor will run when it gets the type of fuel for which it was designed!
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