

| Subject: | Re: Running Diesel Engines on Propane |
| From: | David Beierl |
| Date: | Sun, 22 Aug 1999 21:43:55 -0400 |
At 18:34 8/22/99 -0500, Marshall Ruskin wrote: >How: Put tank under rear seat - requires removal of rear heater core, >(methinks), get conversion kit locally for gas2propane - all taxicabs here >use propane - it works. Great national fuel distribution system, too. I doubt that the injection pump would work with propane -- diesel fuel isn't very lubricious, but propane is not at all, I think. >Concern: Energy density of propane. How does this compare on a litre by >litre basis with diesel? Really, really REALLY bad. I'm quite sure it's less than half by mass, which would put it at well under one-quarter by volume. In other words, the fuel will cost three times as much, instead of two-thirds as much. Sorry... david David Beierl - Providence, RI '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation"
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