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Some of the guys on here are building saws with enough compression that should do just fine on diesel.:msp_smile:
-If you put kerosene into your 2-stroke chainsaw engine....you won't burn it up, but you WILL foul the plug. Kerosene has NO octane rating at all, it is "0", and as such introduced into a typical two or four-stroke gasoline engine it will idle, but anything more will produce massive overheating and little power.
There is actually a company that converts 2 stroke engines from glow to diesel:
Performance Model Diesel Engine Components by Davis Diesel Development
Fascinating stuff, I'm sure it is possible to build a diesel chainsaw. The model airplane people are building two-stroke diesels, and the quarter scale planes are usually Quadra or Zenoah engines, chainsaw based. For the diesel, you'll need an electric starter from a model airplane though; You'll never start this just by pulling the cord.
The new Ultra Low Sulfer Diesel doesn't have near the lubricity of the old 500PPM stuff.
One reason diesels last longer is they turn a lot less RPMs.
Would that apply to off road coloured diesel? That's what I use in my generator. It still seems the same as it's always been. Don't see any reduction in the oily residue at the end of the 30' long exhuast pipe. Does reducing the sulphur c also reduce the paraffin content?
Agreed that lower rpms contribute to longer engine life.
However, a diesel spinning at 3000 to 3600 will likely outlast a gasoline engine running at the same rpms, in similar service by a fair margin.
I think you would catch that when your sitting there pumping oil for a couple mins:hmm3grin2orange:It happens, I once pumped what I thought was 5qts of 10w30 into a Cadillac.
I went to go "zoom" it, sounded kinda funny.
I learned to always check to make sure the senior tech hasn't switched the pump over to Gal.'s
I also learned that our wheeled oil catch cans don't hold 5 Gal. of oil.
I think you would catch that when your sitting there pumping oil for a couple mins:hmm3grin2orange:
The off road I buy around here says "may contain x amount of PPM sulfur". I don't think it contains much sulfur because it doesn't smell like the old diesel did.
I add one ounce 2cycle oil per gallon of fuel for lubrication to the injector system. An article I read tested diesel additives and 2 cycle oil was better for lubrication than anything else except bio-diesel.
The off road I buy around here says "may contain x amount of PPM sulfur". I don't think it contains much sulfur because it doesn't smell like the old diesel did.
I add one ounce 2cycle oil per gallon of fuel for lubrication to the injector system. An article I read tested diesel additives and 2 cycle oil was better for lubrication than anything else except bio-diesel.
I add one ounce 2cycle oil per gallon of fuel for lubrication to the injector system
Cool,so my backhoe will smell like Klotz r-50
Great tip,thanks
In 2007 they cut the sulfer content from 500ppm to 15ppm. The Red Off Road fuel shortly followed in the later months. All new equipment after 2010 is tier 4 which has to take the 15ppm diesel. We have a little U35 Kubota mini excavator that has the tier 4 engine, but the rest of our equipment is older stuff.
It sure don't smell like the old stuff for sure. Some of out older equipment is a little cranky in cold weather with this new stuff. I hear the EPA is forcing another drop in the sulfur in the next few years. Great!:msp_sad:
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