Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #29642
From: Bob Darrah <RDarrah@austin.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Auto fuel
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 23:43:18 -0600
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

My Dad told me once that you could run a car off of kerosene, IFF you
had enough gas to get it started first.  It would run rough as the
dickins, and smoke the whole neighborhood, but it would move the car.

Never actually had the nerve to try it myself.


Yep, it works, but it helped if you ran the kerosene line around the
manifold about 5 turns to warm it up a bit.  Worked good until the State
Trooper stopped me and asked what the extra tank was for.  Unfortunately, I
answered him honestly (I was proud of it).  He then asked me if I paid road
tax on the kerosene.  That stopped the project.

Bob Darrah   Do not archive


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