I have noticed posts wondering about how the OS "green" glow engine can use ethanol, which does not have a catalytic reation with the glow plug like methanol does. The engine is marketed as needing their special oil to work. There also have been posts wondering whether the Gas/Glow system we came up with here would work with ethanol. I think I found the answer. An apparent un-named "ignition improver" is apparently needed/used. I am betting that is the secret ingredient in their special, and very expensive oil for the OS ethanol burning glow engine.

I found the following info on Wikipedia, and this is a direct quote:

Since 1989 there have also been ethanol engines based on the diesel principle operating in Sweden.[SUP][38][/SUP] They are used primarily in city buses, but also in distribution trucks and waste collectors. The engines, made by Scania, have a modified compression ratio, and the fuel (known as ED95) used is a mix of 93.6% ethanol and 3.6% ignition improver, and 2.8% denaturants.[SUP][39][/SUP] The ignition improver makes it possible for the fuel to ignite in the diesel combustion cycle. It is then also possible to use the energy efficiency of the diesel principle with ethanol. These engines have been used in the United Kingdom by Reading Transport but the use of bioethanol fuel is now being phased out.

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