Caterpillar Tractor has built some large (very big) diesels to run on LP/Propane they use 10% diesel to ignite the gas. Propane will not self ignite under pressure.
Then (dunno if this has been mentioned yet) you can inject a little propane into the air intake on a diesel, it is said to improve performance by as much as 30%.Word is that the propane makes the diesel burn more completely. Quite a few trucks in Canada running on a mix of propane/diesel.
Tony
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Yahoo! Member Service <tccservice111@...> wrote:
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> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: And while we are letting just about anything post to this board....
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> Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 8:53 AM
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> Are you sure it was natural gas? I have worked with propane before. Good fuel. You can always change it to gas if you want. Different plugs, advance curve, etc. You may need to run premium gas as on propane engines they had higher compression than gas. Natural gas may be the same.
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> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "n61cm" <jim@> wrote:
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> > I wouldn't mess with it. Too dangerous IMHO.
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> > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Chip" <czulli@> wrote:
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> > > So this is off topic, I have been given an RV that runs off of natural gas. Some of you guys know about this conversion. What am I getting into trying to get this RV up and running again? It has not run in 20 years. I think the engine is a Dodge 360 but am not sure. Vogue 30 foot, 1986 vintage.
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> > > Hey, it was free!
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> > > Houston
> > > Now with a constant storage bill......next best thing to owning a wood boat.
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