ORIGINAL: DannyM2Z
A recurring theme in these threads is the insolubility of castor oil in kerosene. (By castor oil I am referring to my available favourite; "Castrol M". The kerosine is Oz "Diggers" brand ).
Many years ago I had the requirement to mix petrol with castor oil for use in a spark ignition engine, which had the same result as with castor and kerosene. Rapid separation and no mixing.
This problem was solved by the addition of a tiny amount of an additive which resulted in a mixture of petrol and castor oil that ran the sparkie very well. (Arden .199)
Oh yeah, the additive [8D]
LECITHIN - Available from my pharmacy in a jar of 64x200mg capsules. It is a soya bean derivative that helps to emulsify fats in the digestive system so I hope that it is non toxic [:'(]
I suspect that the lecithin has emulsified the castor with the kerosene just as it did with petrol.
Regards from down under.
Cu Later * Danny M *
Danny Maslowicz
Hi Danny,
Thank you for your comments. I feel a further spell of experimenting coming on !
By means of much messing about I have come up with a couple of diesel fuel mixes that serve my purpose..... run well, and are a lot cheaper than the 30% ether content commercial mixes.
First mix used 15% ether content,this ran well and I have now started using 10% ether fuel.
I found, the hard way, that there was a minimum ether content for a given percentage of castor oil.
The 15% ether mix I made used only castor as the lubricant. The castor oil content was 25% and this needed the 15% ether, any less and the mix would go cloudy and start throwing a deposit.
My current fuel mix is running very well but I will have to give your "magic" additive a go just so I can see what happens [X(]