80% Gasoline + 20% Kerosene = 20% more power?

[gary350]

I did an experementing mixing 10%, 20%, 30% and 25% kerosene with gasoline that contains 10% alcohol.

10% kerosene + 90% gasoline the lawn mower engine starts easy and runs very good.

20% kerosene + 80% gasoline the lawn mower engine starts easy and runs very good.

30% kerosene + 70% gasoline the lawn mower engine is very hard to start and will almost will not run.

25% kerosene + 75% gasoline the lawn mower engine it a little hard to start and runs a little ruff.

With 20% kerosene the lawn mower cuts down tall grass like nothing. It cuts right through grass it can not cut with just gasoline alone.

I took my 1999 Chevy tahoe out on the highway to see how quick it will pick up speed from 0 to 60 mph. I returned home, removed drain plug on fuel tank then put a mix of 20%/80% kerosene/gasoline in the tank. Did another highway test 0 to 60 mph 20% faster.

It typically takes a full tank of gasoline to mow my front yard but with 20% kerosene I ran out of gas after mowing about 80% of the front yard.

Next I did a mileage test on my 1999 Chevy tahoe. I always text gas mileage when I fill up because I have learned not all gas is equal, so I have learned from expereience that a certain gas stations gives me much better gas mileage that others. I buy my gas at that certain station that always give me about 300 miles on a full tank of gas.

Using the best gas that gives me the best mileage 300 miles per tank I added 20% kerosene to do a mileage test. I got 240 miles on a tank of gas. The engine is burning about 20% more fuel and giving me about 20% more power.

I have only taken 1 year of high school chemistry and 1 semister of college chemistry.

I would like to understand why 20% kerosene and 80% gasoline that contains 10% alcohol makes the engine burn 20% more fuel and produce 20% more power?

 

[SteamKing]

Burning 20% more fuel to get 20% more power, what's so great about that? Now, if you burned 20% less fuel and got 20% more power, then you'd be on to something.

 

[gary350]

The thing that is interesting to me is NO change was made to the carburetor. With no change the orifice hole is still metering the same volume of fuel.

Mixing gasoline with kerosene must be like mixing gravel with sand.

The engine is still sucking in the same volume of AIR as before. It seems to me the engine should need more air to burn more fuel.

gasoline = C8H18

Ethanol alcohol = C2H6O

kerosene = C12H26

 

[Borek]

With no change the orifice hole is still metering the same volume of fuel.

Not exactly. Amount of fuel going through the orifice depends on some combination of the density, viscosity and surface tension. None of these was kept constant.

 

[OmCheeto]

The thing that is interesting to me is NO change was made to the carburetor. With no change the orifice hole is still metering the same volume of fuel.

Mixing gasoline with kerosene must be like mixing gravel with sand.

Given that kerosene is already a component of gasoline, I don't think so.
From what I've scoured in the past, gasoline hydrocarbons run from 4 to 12 carbon atoms per molecule. C8H18 is merely the average.
A couple of sources stated that there are 500 different compounds in gasoline.

The following wiki entry is a bit before my time, and they list no reference, but it seems legitimate:

Kerosine - Transportation
In the mid-20th century, kerosene or tractor vaporising oil (TVO) was used as a cheap fuel for tractors. The engine would start on gasoline, then switch over to kerosene once the engine warmed up. A heat valve on the manifold would route the exhaust gases around the intake pipe, heating the kerosene to the point where it was vaporized and could be ignited by an electric spark.

Googling "TVO", I found the following, which makes it again sound like you're not mixing sand with rocks:

TVO
January 15, 2009
Owners of vintage tractors have been unable to purchase tractor vapourising oil (TVO) since 1974, when commercial production ceased. The only option has been for owners to mix their own (kerosene, petrol and diesel in differing quantities depending on your recipe).

and it continues:

As kerosene is a rebated fuel, it has made it illegal to use the fuel on public roads. Technically it has also been illegal to use the tractor on private land (running on TVO) if it is also registered for use on the road.

hmmm...

It appears, that you may be breaking the law, with your experiments.

Unfortunately, I'm not a lawyer, and can't find the appropriate code, and can only present the following, as evidence:

Convictions Numerous for Illegal Mixing of Fuel
Since January 1997, 33 people in the Los Angeles Basin have been convicted of trying to evade fuel taxes with various diesel fuel scams, said Dennis Maciel, a supervisor for the state Board of Equalization's Fuel Taxes Investigation and Enforcement Section.

Those prosecuted and convicted had tried to avoid paying state and federal taxes by blending diesel fuel with a non-taxed fuel substitute, such as kerosene or jet fuel, a process called "cocktailing."

It might be listed under the "Al Capone" clause: "You can kill all the people you want, but if you fail to pay your taxes, you're going to jail".

 

[SteamKing]

If you use off-road fuel in your road vehicle, which fuel does not have any road taxes assessed at point of sale, you can always keep a record of the amount of fuel used and pay the taxes later, if you are conscientious. ;)

There's no big mystery about burning diesel in a gas engine. I knew a guy once who drove a Ford LTD. He apparently got distracted once when filling up, and put in a tank of diesel instead of gasoline. He drove away from the pump and didn't notice anything until the remaining gas in the tank was consumed. A big cloud of smoke started to come out of the tailpipe. Since the carburetor was adjusted to burn gasoline instead of kerosene, the proper air-fuel mixture was not being fed into the engine, and a lot of unburned soot was coming out the back of the car. He took his car to a mechanic, where the fuel mix-up was discovered. The car reportedly survived this mishap and ran well once the proper fuel was used. The excess diesel was a bit hard on the oil in the engine, however.

 

[gary350]

LOL There is a do gooder on every forum that does their best to twist things into something illegal. What is that about? Why are some people so negative minded. I am running kerosene in my hoddy jet engine not my vehicle. I discovered this works by experementing with my lawn mower. Next I tested the mix in my vehicle just to prove it works in all 3 engines and to determine exactly how much kerosene can be mixed with gas and still run. I barely remember from chemistry class, there is a way to add up all the carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in these 3 fuels but I don't know how it is done. I am not sure why gas and kerosene mix to produce a fuel that produces more power with the same amount of air. One more experement I need to perform is mix 2 cups of kerosene by volume with 8 cups of gasoline by volume to see if that equals 8 or 10 cups total or something in between. I recall from chemistry class you can mix 1 cup of chemical A with 1 cup of chemical B and you get 1 cup of chemical C. When small molecules mix with large molecules the small molecules fill in all the empty space in the large molecules like mixing 1 cup sand with 1 cup gravel. I know there is a scientific way to do the math to calculate the exact % of kerosene to mix with the exact % of gas to get maximum power for an engine. I think I am on the wrong foums no one here seems to have a clue about chemistry.

 

[russ_watters]

Kerosene is 11% denser than gasoline, so more of it will go through an orifice than gasoline, but has 4% lower energy density. So a net increase of 7% power delivered per unit volume.

A bigger problem is using propane in a dryer made for natural gas, without changing the orifice...

 

[gary350]

Thanks Russ it has been 40 years since I took chemistry in college I had forgotten to consider fuel density. I have forgotten how to add up atoms. There is a lot of hydrogen in this fuel. Hydrogen is an interesting fuel it will burn with a very wide range of oxygen but it has low mass. I think I will understand more about how the pulse jet engine runs if I could learn more about the fuel.

It is very interesting to start the engine on propane, switch over to gasoline, then switch to gas/kerosene mix, then switch to alcohol. Each time fuel is switched thrust increases and there is a very noticable increase in how loud the engine sounds. Each fuel is noticable hotter. Even though gas burns slightly hotter than alcohol the engine burns about 40% more alcohol than gas and power takes a big increase and the engine burns so hot the metal looks transparent. Even with 5% water in 95% alcohol power is way higher than any other fuel. Mass flow is the key to thrust. I wish I could remember my chemistry.

A friend from Germany keeps telling me to run my engine on Benzine but i have not even cosidered that fuel yet. I need to relearn my chemistry first.

 

[SteamKing]

It is very interesting to start the engine on propane, switch over to gasoline, then switch to gas/kerosene mix, then switch to alcohol. Each time fuel is switched thrust increases and there is a very noticable increase in how loud the engine sounds. Each fuel is noticable hotter. Even though gas burns slightly hotter than alcohol the engine burns about 40% more alcohol than gas and power takes a big increase and the engine burns so hot the metal looks transparent. Even with 5% water in 95% alcohol power is way higher than any other fuel. Mass flow is the key to thrust. I wish I could remember my chemistry.

Propane has fewer carbon and hydrogen atoms than gasoline or kerosene, so it is not surprising that you get more energy from the latter fuels. Liquid fuels, because they are also denser, are able to deliver more energy per unit volume.

A friend from Germany keeps telling me to run my engine on Benzine but i have not even cosidered that fuel yet. I need to relearn my chemistry first.

You should be careful here. 'Benzin' is what the Germans call gasoline, and what the British call 'Petrol'.

'Benzene' is a dangerous chemical which is known to cause cancer in those who handle it.

While you are re-learning your chemistry, take some time and re-learn how to safely handle these substances.

 

[Borek]

To be honest, there is not much chemistry in mixing fuels - there are no reactions, just mixing. As it was already stated in the thread, each of the fuels mentioned is already a mixture of many different hydrocarbons, mixing different fuels mostly changes hydrocarbons proportions. There is much more chemistry in the burning, but in general every compound burns separately. You can try to calculate burning stoichiometry/energy output of the mixture starting with the average number of carbons in "an average gas compound", but these are only approximations. You will probably get comparably accurate results from the linear combination of the fuel parameters, with much less hassle.

 

[gary350]

Fuel Mass Flow, heat and expanding gas determine thrust of a jet engine and rocket engine. If the fuel is used to cool the engine the heat the fuel picks up and sends back through the engine increases the thrust. Mass flow is very important it increases thrust too. Too much heat is early death of the engine, low carbon fuel is best.

The German V2 Rocket used Liquid Oxygen + 75% alcohol with 25% water. Water is high mass and expands 1800 times its volume when it turns to steam.

I spent several hours trying to find high mass flow fuels. The number are not all the same that is driving me nuts. Some are, cm3, some are ft3, some are m3, some are things I don't know. I can convert cu meter to cu ft but don't know how to conver the others. Some places tell me mass, some places tell me density, some places tell be both.

So far Methanol is the best choice as far as I can tell C H4 0. One carbor for 4 hydrogen is good plus 1 oxygen means the engine can burn a lot of extra fuel. Density is .7925. I know the engine will run good with small amounts of water like 1% and 2% but I don't know how to calculate maximum water for maximum thrust without running the engine over and over trial and error to see what works best. If I know how to do the chemistry math it would save me a ton of work.

Hydrogen is a very interesting fuel it will burn in a very wide range of air mixtures from about 3% to 15%. Hydrogen maximum temperature in air is 2000 degrees.

Methanol density = 32.04 g mol -1 what ever mol-1 means? I don't know how to convert this to lb/cu ft.

Gasoline density = 44.9 lb/cu ft

Kerosene density = 49.9 lb/cu ft

#1 Diesel density = 54.5 lb/cu ft

I am pretty sure these hydro carbon fuels contain no oxygen like alcohol. The only reason I can determine why gas/kerosene mix produces more thrust than gasoline alone is density of kerosene is 5.0 lb/cu ft higher than gasoline. The engine has NO air adjustment so apparently it does not take any extra oxygen to burn this fuel mixture. Diesel density is 9.6 lb.cu ft more than gasoline.

Next question is, will a mix of 80% Methanol / 20% Diesel produce more thrust than 100% Methanol?

Some of the hobby guys add propylene oxide to gasoline to get more thrust. Propylene oxide is C3 H6 0 with a density of .83 g/cm3 not sure how to convert that to lb.cu ft? This stuff has an oxygen molecule just like Methanol.

 

[Borek]

One carbor for 4 hydrogen is good plus 1 oxygen means the engine can burn a lot of extra fuel.

Just because there is an oxygen in the formula doesn't mean it will burn better. In most cases it means the molecule is already partially oxidized, which is equivalent of saying part of its energy was already used.

Methanol density = 32.04 g mol -1 what ever mol-1 means? I don't know how to convert this to lb/cu ft.

This is not density, this is molar mass.

I am pretty sure these hydro carbon fuels contain no oxygen like alcohol.

Even if they did, it wouldn't mean much, see above.

Some of the hobby guys add propylene oxide to gasoline to get more thrust. Propylene oxide is C3 H6 0 with a density of .83 g/cm3 not sure how to convert that to lb.cu ft? This stuff has an oxygen molecule just like Methanol.

No, it is not like in methanol. This is a strained molecule, which means it contains some additional energy.

Unit conversion primer: http://www.chem.tamu.edu/class/fyp/mathrev/mr-da.html

 

[gary350]

I tried to test run my pulse jet engine today with 80% methanol and 20% diesel but as it turns out diesel will not mix with methanol. Kerosene will not mix with methanol either. It is like trying to mix oil with water.

Today tried to determine the real run frequency of the pulse jet engine. The engine length is 19" long. Using the formula to calculate the frequency of a closed tube i get, 1200 degrees F = 376 Hz, 1300 degrees F = 394 Hz, 1400 degrees F = 411 Hz.

The engine runs red hot we know for sure the engine is hotter than 1100 degrees because metal glows a very dull red hot at that temperature.

The frequency detector says the REAL frequency of the engine is 298 Hz to 303 Hz.

Doing the math the only way I can get 300 Hz the engine temperature has to be 763 degrees F. The only way to explain this is the engine sucks in 70 degree air 300 times per second if the engine is running at 1456 degrees F then 763 is the average temperature.

How is it possible for the engine to run so hot it glows extremely bright red when the average temperature is 763 degrees F.

 

[ATMB]

Hello pf. Interesting thread. In the earlier posts there was some ambiguity. Can someone please advise, is kerosene the same thing as diesel ?

BTW, I once accidentally half filled my gasoline tank with diesel. Didn't notice any difference except that the motor seemed to make a little more noise.

 

[billy_joule]

Today tried to determine the real run frequency of the pulse jet engine. The engine length is 19" long. Using the formula to calculate the frequency of a closed tube i get, 1200 degrees F = 376 Hz, 1300 degrees F = 394 Hz, 1400 degrees F = 411 Hz

What formula did you use?
Show your working (with all units) and we can go from there.

 

[gary350]

This is the formula I am using. Online frequency of a tube.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/waves/clocol.html

 

[docroc]

If you use off-road fuel in your road vehicle, which fuel does not have any road taxes assessed at point of sale, you can always keep a record of the amount of fuel used and pay the taxes later, if you are conscientious. ;)

There's no big mystery about burning diesel in a gas engine. I knew a guy once who drove a Ford LTD. He apparently got distracted once when filling up, and put in a tank of diesel instead of gasoline. He drove away from the pump and didn't notice anything until the remaining gas in the tank was consumed. A big cloud of smoke started to come out of the tailpipe. Since the carburetor was adjusted to burn gasoline instead of kerosene, the proper air-fuel mixture was not being fed into the engine, and a lot of unburned soot was coming out the back of the car. He took his car to a mechanic, where the fuel mix-up was discovered. The car reportedly survived this mishap and ran well once the proper fuel was used. The excess diesel was a bit hard on the oil in the engine, however.

 

[docroc]

I'm having a bit of trouble believing the LTD anecdote: kerosene/diesel has the equivalent of a very low octane rating, since it is manufactured to explode just from the pressure and warmth of the piston's compression. Putting diesel in gasoline-engined car should result in unbelievable knocking -- as though the engine timing were way out of kilter, because the fuel will be exploding well below wherever the normal engine timing says it should (number of degrees before or after TDC). I can't imagine (a) not noticing anything and (b) not actually damaging the piston ends.

Can someone who knows about engine technology comment on this?

 

[SteamKing]

I'm having a bit of trouble believing the LTD anecdote: kerosene/diesel has the equivalent of a very low octane rating, since it is manufactured to explode just from the pressure and warmth of the piston's compression. Putting diesel in gasoline-engined car should result in unbelievable knocking -- as though the engine timing were way out of kilter, because the fuel will be exploding well below wherever the normal engine timing says it should (number of degrees before or after TDC). I can't imagine (a) not noticing anything and (b) not actually damaging the piston ends.

Can someone who knows about engine technology comment on this?

IDK how much gasoline was in my friend's car when he filled up with diesel. If there was an appreciable amount of gasoline in the tank, the octane number of the mixture, although lower, might still have been palatable to a low-compression engine. IIRC, he didn't drive the car for very long before the mix up in fuel became apparent.

In any event, the focus of the OP seems to have shifted from burning his mixed fuel in an auto engine to making some sort of ramjet.

 

[gary350]

People can run 20% kerosene or 20% diesel in their gas burning vehicle if hey want but it is a waste of money and waste of fuel it also clogges up the catalotic converter. I only did this as a test to confirm 20% kerosene is the correct amount to mix with gasoline. It works good in my hobby jet engine even though the engine has not way to suck in extra air to burn the extra fuel. This engine runs by kinetic energy each fuel/air ignition produces the power required to suck in the next load of fuel/air mix for the next cycle. If the fuel is adjusted lean the engine automatically sucks in less air, if the fuel is adjusted rich the engine will automatically suck in more air to burn the extra fuel but once the engine reaches the point where the engine air intake is not large enough to suck in more air the engine stops running. The engine can be throttled about 80%. The engine starts easy at 20% throttle then it can be throttled up to 100% throttle at static thrust. With the engine on a model airplane Ram Air gives the engine the extra air it needs to throttle up to about 200% thrust and can reach a speed of 340 mph.

 

[Borek]

I only did this as a test to confirm 20% kerosene is the correct amount to mix with gasoline.

Correct for what?

You can't say "it works here, so it will work there". Every time I go to a bakery here and say "chleb poproszę" I get what I need, yet I would be looked at as if I was from other planet if I try it in Arizona.

 

[SteamKing]

Correct for what?

You can't say "it works here, so it will work there". Every time I go to a bakery here and say "chleb poproszę" I get what I need, yet I would be looked at as if I was from other planet if I try it in Arizona.

I don't know about that. It seems there are a lot of new faces in AZ these days. Perhaps some are Polish. ;)

 

[gary350]

Arizona is like living in a 3rd world country. Things I can buy in Tennessee I can not buy in Arizona. Lowe's and Home Depot have a very small limited supply of lumber while Tennessee has every thing a person needs to build a whole house, fence, any type of wood project. It is very hard to find metal in AZ but TN I can drive 15 city blocks down the street and buy anything I want. There are 2 metal supply companies 2 blocks from each other I can buy anything I want at a very reasonable price but in AZ metal supply companies are hard to find and prices are tripple what it costs in TN. Tool and die supplies are the same way in AZ I can order parts from TN and have them mailed to me in AZ cheaper than buying it in AZ. I moved to AZ 2 years ago it was a big mistake. Weather is nice in winter but hot as hell in summer. Heat does not feel bad here because humidity is so low but heat will fool you here. I can buy a good Bridgeport Milling machine east of the Mississippi river for $1500 but the same machine will cost $5000 in AZ same thing with a good lathe $2000 in TN $5000 in AZ. There are lots of tiny tinker toy lathes for sale on CL in AZ for crazy prices $2000 you could not give one of these tiny lathes away in TN no one wants something that small except a watch maker. SCAMs are bad in AZ someone all the time trying to cheat you. Phone rings off the hook all the time people wanting to service my air conditioner unit they want $90 to $120 just to come look and if you don't keep a close eye on them they will let the freon out of your AC unit so they can charge you $400 to fill it up with freon. There is a tire company here called Discount Tire the name itself attracts a lot of stupid people. Discount tire will match anyones price but what they do not tell people is they charge you $200 to install your new tires while all other tire shops install the tires free. $400 tires at Firestone will cost you $400 at Discount tire but after they are installed they want another $200 = $600 total. Take your vehicle to have the oil changes the workers will do all kinds of damage to it just to make work for them self and they will steal your jack too. When I have my oil changed I only go to Firestone and I let them know I took 75 photos of the vehicle 10 minutes ago so if vacuum hoses are cut, wind shield wiper hoses are cut, heater hoses have pin holes in them, or any other damage is found I will sue their ass off. I insist that I watch as the work is done if they refuse I go someplace different. Arizona is a terrible place to live prices are more expensive than TN and you can not trust anyone. I have been wanting to move away from here but have not decided where to go. The phone keeps ringing AC companies keep wanting to service my Air conditioner I am so tired of telling 10 people every week to STOP calling me I'm not interested. Now I let them come to the house, I get their name and company name and business card so I know who the SCAMMERs are, I have wasted 1 hour of their time then I tell them get off my propert and stop calling me. Its always the same people that continue to call even after I tell them 50 times to STOP calling me. Certain companies have turned scamming people into a full time job, there needs to be a way to protect people from the scammers or put the scammers out of business.

 

[ATMB]

IDK how much gasoline was in my friend's car when he filled up with diesel. If there was an appreciable amount of gasoline in the tank, the octane number of the mixture, although lower, might still have been palatable to a low-compression engine. IIRC, he didn't drive the car for very long before the mix up in fuel became apparent.

In any event, the focus of the OP seems to have shifted from burning his mixed fuel in an auto engine to making some sort of ramjet.

Hi. As i mentioned in my earlier post, I mixed nearly half a tank of deisel with gasoline (we call gasolone 'petrol' in Aus). The difference was a louder engine. A mechanical type of a guy that was there, said to to me that any more, and I would have been in real trouble.

So can anyone tell me if kerosine is same thing as deisel ?

Thanks.

 

[SteamKing]

Hi. As i mentioned in my earlier post, I mixed nearly half a tank of deisel with gasoline (we call gasolone 'petrol' in Aus). The difference was a louder engine. A mechanical type of a guy that was there, said to to me that any more, and I would have been in real trouble.

So can anyone tell me if kerosine is same thing as deisel ?

Thanks.

I think you mean 'diesel'. The answer is 'Maybe'. ;)

Kerosene, or kerosine, is used as a fuel in many different applications, including as jet fuel and fuel for heaters and stoves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene

There are a variety of different grades of diesel fuel, with the No. 2 grade being commonly used as motor fuel:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_oil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_fuel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_fuel

Large marine diesel engines, for example, can be adapted to run on residual fuel oil which is so viscous at normal ambient conditions it requires heating in order to be pumped.

Like most petroleum fuels, diesel and kerosene are complex mixtures of different hydrocarbons.

 

[redneckengineer]

The thing that is interesting to me is NO change was made to the carburetor. With no change the orifice hole is still metering the same volume of fuel.

Mixing gasoline with kerosene must be like mixing gravel with sand.

The engine is still sucking in the same volume of AIR as before. It seems to me the engine should need more air to burn more fuel.

gasoline = C8H18

Ethanol alcohol = C2H6O

kerosene = C12H26

think of it this way you have gasoline and 2 stroke mix them unevenly and it will not work right. mix them properly and it works great.

 

[gary350]

I have moved back to TN. I have experimented a little with my pulse jet engines on the test stand to see how much thrust and engine will actually produce on each fuel. We have been too busy moving into the new house and camping 3 days every week in the RV to play with the pulse jet engines much. Kerosene works better than diesel fuel. 80% gas with methanol + 20% kerosene works best. Pulse jet engines have no trouble running lean but they will not run rich. Easy time the engine fires the exhaust pulse that goes out the tale pipe sucks a vacuum that pulls in the next mixture of air and fuel. Engines start easy at 25% throttle, as I open the needle valve the engine thrust increases to full throttle. 100% being full throttle if I try to throttle up to 101% engine sounds like it is bogging down and thrust drops a little bit. The engine can not suck enough extra air to burn the extra 1% fuel, air intake is limited by how much air can be sucked in through the valves. It I open needle valve to 102% the engine stops running it can not suck in enough air to burn the extra 2% fuel. Forward engine speed produces RAM air now the engine can throttle up past 100% throttle. The engine needs a duel fuel system, one fuel system to start and run at 100% throttle, another fuel system to add more fuel as RAM air increases the engine will throttle up to 140% where 200 mph was max speed before now it goes 280 mph.

 

[gary350]

No one sells Kerosene anymore.

I have been using 20% diesel fuel and 80% gasoline that contains 10% alcohol it works very well. I need to do jet engine tests on the test stand to compare the same mixture using gasoline with 15% alcohol. I don't think there will be very much difference in thrust an not sure my test stand will show the difference it is not accurate enough to read grams.

 

[Rive]

I did an experementing mixing 10%, 20%, 30% and 25% kerosene with gasoline that contains 10% alcohol.

Pretty old thread to resurrect, so just a small remark: for any ICE the function of the fuel is never just about to deliver energy. It is also about cooling, lubrication and maybe others. Wantonly change the properties of fuel might seem work on short term, but on long term most often it is a bad idea: and that's just about the engine itself - the pipes, filters and fuel pumps might be even more vulnerable to any change in the chemistry of the fuel.

 

[gary350]

Engine air intake valve has 1 moving part. There is no way to keep it lubricated it burns off at 1600 degrees.

 

[chemisttree]

Pretty startling that nobody sells kerosene anymore. Did you ever learn the chemistry you needed to help your testing?

 

[gary350]

Pretty startling that nobody sells kerosene anymore. Did you ever learn the chemistry you needed to help your testing?

I took chemistry in college 45 years ago. If you don't use it you loose it. I have forgotten more than I ever know. I have always wanted to take more chemistry. There could be some education chemistry on YouTube I need to look. It would be fun to take chemistry again but I will feel weird in a chemistry class with people 20 years old and me being older than the professor. I bet first question the professor asks me is, WHY are you here? LOL

 

[chemisttree]

Just as well. You wouldn’t learn how to address the kinds of questions you were asking in college chemistry. You would need to take an automotive engineering class to answer those kinds of questions.