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Title: Kerosene?
Post by: Infinitrium on July 08, 2008, 11:12:48 am

What would happen if I were to run kerosene in my 92 Golf's engine?

Title: Re: Kerosene?
Post by: blkboostedtruck on July 08, 2008, 12:18:40 pm

Quote from: "Infinitrium"

What would happen if I were to run kerosene in my 92 Golf's engine?

it will run! but add some motor oil too it so your pump gets lubed!
i do it all the time! about 1quart oil per 10gallons
Duane

Title: Kerosene?
Post by: Infinitrium on July 08, 2008, 12:27:39 pm

Would Powerservice or Redline DFC work too?

Title: Kerosene?
Post by: blkboostedtruck on July 08, 2008, 12:33:27 pm

Quote from: "Infinitrium"

Would Powerservice or Redline DFC work too?

what is that? not sure what those are?
Duane

Title: Kerosene?
Post by: Choppercat on July 08, 2008, 02:29:35 pm

Jet Fuel is actually just ''cleaner'' diesel. It will burn better and cleaner in your engine but being somewhat drier, you need to add a little bit of oil in it in order to lubricate your pump and injectors. Generally a 50:1 ratio of jet fuel and engine oil, or better yet mixing oil (2 stroke motor oil) is what people have been running. I'm also considering doing it myself with the price of diesel nowadays and having acces to a certain amount of Jet A-1 from work 8).

Title: Kerosene?
Post by: blkboostedtruck on July 08, 2008, 03:17:11 pm

Quote from: "Choppercat"

Jet Fuel is actually just ''cleaner'' diesel. It will burn better and cleaner in your engine but being somewhat drier, you need to add a little bit of oil in it in order to lubricate your pump and injectors. Generally a 50:1 ratio of jet fuel and engine oil, or better yet mixing oil (2 stroke motor oil) is what people have been running. I'm also considering doing it myself with the price of diesel nowadays and having acces to a certain amount of Jet A-1 from work 8).

what i do know about jet fuel it does have anti bacteria inhibiter's and if you have alge growing in your tank it will kill it witch is a good thing but in the same note it will start clogging up filters and other critical component's! once it becomes floating in your tank! but once your past that and the dead alge has past your good to go! i wish mine would hurry up and pass soon
the jet A is cleaner pretty close to kerosene works great in a torpedo heater but diesel wont!  
Duane

Title: Kerosene?
Post by: Dr. Diesel on July 08, 2008, 03:45:42 pm

stanadyne lubricity formula is the way to go. double the dose for jet fuel/kerosene as recommended for diesel.

Title: Kerosene?
Post by: burn_your_money on July 08, 2008, 04:26:37 pm

Kerosene is severly dry. Make absolute certain that you have enough lubrication, or start saving for a new pump. Pumps that die from lack of lubrication are big money to rebuild because usually all the expensive parts (head/rotor and cam) are junk

Title: Kerosene?
Post by: jimfoo on July 09, 2008, 08:32:23 am

Quote from: blkboostedtruck

Quote from: "Choppercat"

the jet A is cleaner pretty close to kerosene works great in a torpedo heater but diesel wont!  
Duane

I burn red diesel in my torpedo heater all the time.

Title: Kerosene?
Post by: zukgod1 on July 09, 2008, 08:41:32 am

Quote from: jimfoo

Quote from: "blkboostedtruck"

Quote from: "Choppercat"

the jet A is cleaner pretty close to kerosene works great in a torpedo heater but diesel wont!  
Duane

I burn red diesel in my torpedo heater all the time.

Me too.

I've ran both red fuel and kerosene in my turbo style heater.

Title: Kerosene?
Post by: blkboostedtruck on July 09, 2008, 10:03:54 am

Quote from: zukgod1

Quote from: "jimfoo"

Quote from: "blkboostedtruck"

Quote from: "Choppercat"

the jet A is cleaner pretty close to kerosene works great in a torpedo heater but diesel wont!  
Duane

I burn red diesel in my torpedo heater all the time.

Me too.

I've ran both red fuel and kerosene in my turbo style heater.

really thats odd! the last time i tried it my torpedo( prolly 10 years now) would not lite! so i drained
it and put kerosine and used jet fuel ever since never tried the diesel in it again! same spark plug and everything!
Duane

Title: Kerosene?
Post by: Choppercat on July 09, 2008, 12:58:24 pm

I never wrote that, blkboostedtruck did! :roll:
But I can't see why it wouldn't work? After all it's just a thirsty furnace.