Ivan Vegvary wrote:
Sorry about the OT, but, I do contribute once in a while and this is such a
knowledgeable group!

Many decades ago (1950's) when people talked about diesel engines (lot of
this talk was from 'old country' poor Europeans), they would always tout the
fact that they (the engines) would run on anything. The list, if I remember
correctly included diesel, gas, lighter fluid, heating oil, liquefied lard,
charcoal lighter, veggie oil etc., etc., etc.

If any of the above is true, why don't people, today, put gasoline into
their diesel engines, considering the higher cost of diesel fuel?

Just want to know what would happened if you did use gasoline.
BTW, my only diesel is my small Kubota tractor.

Thanks for replies.

Ivan Vegvary



Try it, you won't like it.
Gasoline in a modern high compression diesel engine will destroy it VERY
fast. A modern diesel will run on heating oil just fine as both are #2
fuel oil (get caught with heating oil in your tank and pay a BIG fine)
Vegetable oil works OK BUT it has to be heated to keep it flowing in
cold temperatures (Bio-Diesel is modified vegetable oil)


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Steve W.