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Old 08-07-2011, 11:12 AM
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Ok all after over a 1000 posts on diesel fuel and the etherless thing maybe time to wind down and get back to the Basics. Keropower did state that when he puts the RC carb back on his OS he expects it to quit on reducing throttle
The basic fact is every maker of diesel engines provides a fuel formula that contains ether, My first was a drone 62 years ago (hmm I am getting up there in years) it was 70% ether 30% oil, since then of course Kero comes along to be added in
but ether is about 30% more or less in most formulas
In this country Davis is the largest provider the half A for antique and engines and up thru .10 and the ABC formula for those above
and does provide the ether based formula for his conversions outside the USA
In the UK model techniques has several
Bottom line is with the ether based formulas, the engines, run properly, transistion well, and of course run much cooler than glow
as said before benchs do not fly just my thoughts martin