ORIGINAL: 1705493-AndyW
So, what to do. Thin out the fuel mix, of course. But with what? Something Graham said came to mind. WD 40,,,,, 80 to 100% Stoddard Solvent? Well what the hell, why not. My Amsoil boosted corn oil was cut 50/50 with WD 40. To my amazement, we had a run, first try. Rough, but with a little tweaking we got a good 8K. But the sound was quite smooth. Far less of the diesel clatter that this engine provides when maxed out for power. And there was a LOT of oil coming out the exhaust.
That led me to make up a mix of 80% WD 40 and 20% cheap, supermarket corn oil. I can't remember if I added any cetane booster but this time we got a decent 9K with just a bit more tweaking. And unlike all the other runs today, I tried the throttle. To my great pleasure, we got a decent, 3.5K reliable idle and after a few minutes, transition to max was smooth and solid. No burble or bother. Neat, sweet, wonderful. Full of endorphins, I decided to make up a mix using REAL oil with 80% WD 40 and 20% Klotz castor oil. But just then, two tall, imposing gendarmes came up the dark driveway. "Good evening Sir" and from there we had a pleasant conversation about how it was 11.30 PM and some silly bylaw about a noise curfew starting at 11. Oops, my bad. My poor, suffering neighbours had had enough. I don't blame them, I was having so much fun I'd forgotten the time.
So tomorrow, if the weather holds, we'll be pursuing this new, strange brew some more. Who would have thought?
Interestingk, verrrrrrrrrrry interestingk! (for those that remember Laugh In!)
WD40 eh. Most recently I was only suggesting as an additive as your comments regarding the Candian Tire (Schrader) Cetane boost was mostly this mysterous thing referred to "Stoddard Solvent". However, very early on in this thread I had given some thought to trying WD40 as the fuel. Back then I thought it bit pricey for that however. A quick look on net shows prices in the US of $12 a gallon at Lowes, $22 a galloon at home Depot in Canada and I don't have a Walmart or Canadian Tire price. I had been buying kerosene at around $4.50 a quart at Canadian tire, good clean camp cooking type kerosene, larger containers does some improvement in price per litre/quart. At around $20 CDN per US gallon of WD40 ain't that bad considering glow fuel is $35+ per US gallon. A dash of this and jigger of that, a splash of oil (synthetic and/or Castor) and away you go - gallon+ of diesel fuel for less per volume that the glow fuel I have been buying. I have an inside in one of the local garages and could probably be able to get the WD40 at near wholesale price. This certainly has possibilities.
Question is how much addition oil? WD40 is mistakenly believed by many to be a lubricant in it's own right but in fact really isn't but it does already possess a "slippery" feel and some lubricating properties. And of course as we have already shown, even though a no-ether fuel will work, the addition of 5 or 10% ether has a positive effect in making the fuel and engine even easier to operate especially I presume in the cooler seasons.
Supposed to start raining again this afternoon and I have some chores (yard and basement cleaning chores) that need tending before I can do much else. If that rain holds off a bit.... perhaps.
Patiently waiting for Andy's report on WD40 and the Klotz oil.
cheers, Graham in Embrun near Ottawa Canada