Re: Diesel conversion

Cox International Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:09 pm

The teflon discs are a safety mechanism to prevent engine damage.

Under normal circumstances the disc should not fail but if you over-compress the engine or run it on 5" props at high RPM then, yeah, it goes "poof".

BTW, The Davis Diesel fuel is fine. Bob has plenty of oil in there.

cjuliano Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:32 pm

[If there is not enough ether the fuel will not combust properly at low RPM an the enema will flood and stop[/quote]
what happens when there is not enough of ether?
why is either so important?

Cox International Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:56 pm

Ether is the "power" of the fuel. Not enough power; engine does not run.

nitroairplane Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:57 am

Cox International wrote:Ether is the "power" of the fuel. Not enough power; engine does not run.

Actually not so.
The "power" from diesel comes from the kerosene.
The ether is just there so the kerosene can ignite because ethers flashpoint is 20°c I have run Ethelred fuel but starting is hard.the less ether you have the more "power" your engine can develop but it will be harder to start.

Ivanhoe Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:33 am

not enough ether the fuel will not combust properly at low RPM an the [color=blue]enema will flood and stop[/quote]

Mind you, this will really clear the engine out! (autocomplete can be a pain can't it!)

lol!

John Goddard Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:52 am

Ivanhoe wrote:[color=blue] not enough ether the fuel will not combust properly at low RPM an the enema will flood and stop

Mind you, this will really clear the engine out! (autocomplete can be a pain can't it!)

lol!

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Which end of the hose are you gonna hold Wilf?
lol!

Ivanhoe Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:30 am

John Goddard wrote:
Ivanhoe wrote:[color=blue] not enough ether the fuel will not combust properly at low RPM an the enema will flood and stop

Mind you, this will really clear the engine out! (autocomplete can be a pain can't it!)

Which end of the hose are you gonna hold Wilf?
lol!

[/quote]

You hold, I'll pour!! Embarassed

John Goddard Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:32 am

Cox International Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:52 am

nitroairplane wrote:
Cox International wrote:Ether is the "power" of the fuel. Not enough power; engine does not run.

Actually not so.
The "power" from diesel comes from the kerosene.
The ether is just there so the kerosene can ignite because ethers flashpoint is 20°c I have run Ethelred fuel but starting is hard.the less ether you have the more "power" your engine can develop but it will be harder to start.

I stand corrected then and thanks for clarifying this, Nitro.

One day I will actually have to fire up one of the contraptions we sell Fireworks

nitroairplane Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:54 am

Cool but watch out you may fall in love Smile

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