ORIGINAL: chevy43
I ran some straight diesel and oil at about 24C and it worked fine in my LA40. It would quit if the temp was lower....
I would think it would work better without the gasoline.
Gasoline in fuel makes it easier to atomize the carburetor in cold conditions (without heating up the engine with a heat gun for example). So it is not intended to remove gasoline from the fuel.
Diesel is heavily atomizing, then gasoline acts as a diluent (Reduce viscosity of the fuel) in the fuel.
With other word: Smaller drops of atomized fuel is easier to heat up by compression temperature under running condition.