S-10 to diesel build

[maxfax]

Definitely a Benz guy, as if the name didn;t give it away.... 


Tis true...   If it runs on it, it's fuel..  Granted some vareities of fuels are just better than others...    And some just require a different approach to burn...

Just so happens I ran all sorts of nasty crap through an om615 engine..  Anything from WVO, to WMO, to trans fluid, brake fluid, possibly even beer or any combnation of the above...... It ran, it drove, a couple hundred thousand to be exact..  THen the car rusted apart..   I hear the engine is in a Cj5 now days...

[8v-of-fury]

Definitely a Benz guy, as if the name didn;t give it away....

Does that mean he is incorrect because he is a Benz guy? looooool 

[maxfax]

Nah, they just tend to not like rocking the boat so to speak..  Or so I have observed over the years...  I better shut up now, gonna get my butt in trouble...

[8v-of-fury]

i love to rock the boat.. in case you haven't noticed.. lmao 

[maxfax]

I would say he probably knows his crap. now where was he 10 years ago when I had a diesel Benz??   I would mention molesting it on various forums and the response was usually something like this   

[8v-of-fury]

I have no doubt he know's his stuff. everybody in here know's more then I do. So I am totally not trying to play the know it all Teenager.

I just happened to know that anything that is combustive at the right temps.. can be used as fuel in a diesel engine.. not a big deal

[kd4yor]

Marvel Mystery oil (ATF) and Power Service is a regular cocktail for a Cummins.

[vwjones]

makes a difference if it''s an IDI or direct injection too.  the older IDI's will burn almost anything and like it.  i've ran a few thousand miles on used motor oil mixed with diesel.  injectors look fine

[OM617]

Also Incorrect. So what your telling me is that Dr. Rudolph Diesel designed a diesel engine to be run on WVO, WMO and Bio?

Last I checked, Dr. Diesel died about 75 years before Volkswagen designed their engines.

Wikipedia is an inaccurate source of information.

[96jetta]

in regards to the tranny and the motor and the gearing is he going to have to change the back end out?

[foxracer1]

Also Incorrect. So what your telling me is that Dr. Rudolph Diesel designed a diesel engine to be run on WVO, WMO and Bio? Very common fuels for many Diesel engines last time I checked around.

Pulled this from Wikipedia for shiggles.

Dr. Rudolph Diesel ran his first engine on vegtable oil not diesel.

As to the s-10 It depends on what gear is in the s-10 now. Look in the glove box there is a label with 3 digit codes called PRO codes look for the Gxx codes like GU4=3.08 GU6=3.42 GT4=3.73 GT5=4.10. Depending on that ratios of the trans you use. Most 2.2 trucks came with a GT4 or GT5. Most 4.3 trucks came with GU4 or GU6 gears.

[maxfax]

makes a difference if it''s an IDI or direct injection too.  the older IDI's will burn almost anything and like it.  i've ran a few thousand miles on used motor oil mixed with diesel.  injectors look fine

Very true..  The type of injectors and pump makes a difference too..   

[jtanguay]

Fuel to a diesel is anything it can sustain itself on.

Incorrect. Fuel to a diesel is whatever the engine's designers made it to run on.

Also Incorrect. So what your telling me is that Dr. Rudolph Diesel designed a diesel engine to be run on WVO, WMO and Bio? Very common fuels for many Diesel engines last time I checked around.

Pulled this from Wikipedia for shiggles.

Diesel engines can operate on a variety of different fuels, depending on configuration, though the eponymous diesel fuel derived from crude oil is most common. The engines can work with the full spectrum of crude oil distillates, from natural gas, alcohols, gasoline, wood gas to the fuel oils from diesel oil to residual fuels.

yea wikipedia isn't the greatest place to get info from.. why don't you try to run a diesel on alcohol and see how long it lasts? now there were ceramic plungers created specifically designed to run alcohol fuels... but its like OM617 said.   the engine will run on fuels that it was designed for.  the exception is that fuels with similar characteristics will run, but might have adverse effects or not run as efficiently.

[8v-of-fury]

Exactly what I said. It will run, on any liquid that will combust at the given temperatures of the cylinders.

Never claimed it would run reliably, with any amount of power or longevity

[OM617]

Dr. Rudolph Diesel ran his first engine on vegtable oil not diesel.

Incorrect, his first engine ran on coal dust. Better get cranking on that conversion! 

Also, he didn't have ANY part in the design, building or tuning of your engine. The only things in common between his engine and yours is using compression for ignition heat and a reciprocating piston design.