ORIGINAL: tetons9
Mike,
I have this same discussion with my son (a distributor for big diesel wreckers) who claims that a glow engine is just a diesel. Can't convince him of the difference. I will show him this discussion next time, however I detect a slight difference of opion here.
Larry
Show this to your son Larry:
http://www.fly-imaa.org/imaa/hfartic.../v11-1-44.html
A diesel only needs a glow plug to help it warm up on cold days, but a model engine can't run without one. Bottom line... It's not a diesel
PS, They can, however be converted to diesel (which again proves that they are not diesels to begin with)
http://www.justengines.unseen.org/Davis.htm