OK gang, the word is out. Ether is not required at all to run OR start diesel engines, not even traditional, steel iron units. All that is needed is a good cetane booster like Amsoil, a higher compression setting and a starter.

The latest runs can be seen here.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R9YL_KPRYE


The PAW was put to the test with various combinations of fuel, cold and warm starts, ether based, no ether and best of all, no ether with a compression setting LOWER than that WITH ether. A real good thing, less wear and tear. THAT mix was a full 10% Amsoil cetane booster with 20% oil and 70% kerosene. No ether anywhere in sight and that means a very safe fuel, no loss of volatiles, no need for metal cans, special fuel handling etc.

This one test on one afternoon does not cover all possibilities but it does indicate that with a bit of experimentation, we may have available something that is very new and very desirable in our little stinky powerplants.

Kelly McCombs has provided lots of relevant information and explanation for the results I have been getting with these trials. The BIG suggestion he made was to boost the Amsoil to very much normally NOT recommended levels. I've come to trust Kelly's judgement and knowledge and once again, his input has advanced our progress.

And if any recall our last discussion on this last year, we had learned of DStar Engineering, makers of MAVs, who had a small diesel that ran on all kero. As it turns out, they use a glow plug for a warm up to allow for a pure kero start. Pretty much what we have proved out here and not much different from the device I have under wraps.

Kelly has alerted me to the availability of Cool Power OIL, available from Morgan. Yes, castor is the gold standard for some, including me, but I've been running Cool Power glow fuel in my 1/2As and they really like it. Very good power in addition to giving a bit of an edge in throttling over some other brands. Going to get some and do some testing. Neat.

Thanks bunches Kelly. My cut and paste has gone screwy just like my email outbox. Got me a pathogen of some sort it seems. Will try and copy and paste your insightful comments at a later date.