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Originally Posted by brianthepoet
the oldies will remember the days of charcoal gas producers, but my late father-in-law used to take the fan belt off and run on power kerosene. he said it made the engine run extremely hot, but did little or no damage other than creating a need for de-coking the head more often. Funny the things you remember isn't it - he told me that about 1975!
Organic gardening is a lot of rot (brianthepoet)
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Thats a new one on me brianthepoet, most of the automobiles from the 1940's until the early 1960's had only 8 or 9:1 compression. Kerosene which is very similar to diesel fuel would require at least a 15 or 16:1 compression ratio. Maybe he overcame this by blending his kerosene with gasolene. This would, as you state, require regular de-carboning of the cylinder heads and valves, not to mention the possibility of burning a hole in one of the pistons because of the extra heat. In any case, thats an interesting story.
