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Subject:Re: Running Diesel Engines on Propane
From:David Beierl
Date:Mon, 23 Aug 1999 10:48:54 -0400

At 21:44 8/22/99 -0700, David Marshall wrote:
>How would you ignite the propane?  It needs a spark plug doesn't it?
No -- the diesel fuel ignites b/c it is injected into a charge of hot
compressed air.  Propane would do the same.  There might be some difficulty
in keeping it liquid until it's injected...

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"