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.

The Army M35A2 'deuce and a half' would run
on jet fuel, kerosene, stove oil, 10 weight
motor oil and even on gasoline for a little
while.

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?

Because it doesn't lube the injector pump
like diesel. That's why the deuce could
only run on gasoline for a short time.

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

You'd wear out the injector pump.

Thanks for replies.

Ivan Vegvary