Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #29642
From: Bob Darrah <RDarrah@austin.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Auto fuel
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 23:43:18 -0600
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
>
> My Dad told me once that you could run a car off of kerosene, IFF you
> had enough gas to get it started first.  It would run rough as the
> dickins, and smoke the whole neighborhood, but it would move the car.
>
> Never actually had the nerve to try it myself.


Yep, it works, but it helped if you ran the kerosene line around the
manifold about 5 turns to warm it up a bit.  Worked good until the State
Trooper stopped me and asked what the extra tank was for.  Unfortunately, I
answered him honestly (I was proud of it).  He then asked me if I paid road
tax on the kerosene.  That stopped the project.

Bob Darrah   Do not archive


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