irokin Posted June 23, 2004 Report Posted June 23, 2004 I'm unsure of the quality of this kerosine BUT After all toyota day on the way home I had to put air in my tyres. I stopped in at the mobil but their air thinggy was busted. So I drove up the road to the matilda. I spotted they had a Kerosine and 2 stroke PUMP!! not one of those big barrels with a hose. An accual metering pump. I checked the price and it was 120 cents/litre. I doubt its the quality of AVgas but I recon you could run it in your engine.... The servo is the matilda on Ipswich road @ around number 800. The pump is around the side (not with the normal fuel pumps) Quote
irokin Posted June 23, 2004 Author Report Posted June 23, 2004 Avgas == purified kerosine... and it smells heaps better...mmm lead goodness Quote
Medicine_Man Posted June 23, 2004 Report Posted June 23, 2004 Is it even possible to run a car off Kero? I thought it is way too oily.. Quote
Teddy Posted June 23, 2004 Report Posted June 23, 2004 *yeah mate, fill er up with kero* Crazy Clark's = Petrol station whats next? Bread store selling fish and chips?! Med man - yeah, i thought it was waaayyy to oily too.. there was an article on TV last night or the night b4 on it, but i missed it :) Quote
irokin Posted June 23, 2004 Author Report Posted June 23, 2004 Ok turns out Kerosine is what they use in JET FUEL...but AVGAS is a different combination. jet fuel will run happily all day long in a diesel. It usually comprises of Kerosine, napthia and other additaves to give the fuel the desired properties (i.e. freezing point, flash point) 100LL is 100 octane but contains Tetraethyl lead...and theres only one place in the world that still produces it...and thats in the UK... don't try using anything other than 100LL because chances are it will be of a lower octane (I believe aviation fuel goes right down to 80 octane and lower). Redwarf: wanna check if ive got this right?? Quote
Super Jamie Posted June 23, 2004 Report Posted June 23, 2004 i can find lots of references about using kerosene as a partial-substitute in diesel and two-stroke motors, but nothing about four stroke combustion engines kerosene is of a higher distillation order than gasoline (as is diesel). i would have thought that would reduce RON as the fuel is less dense? http://www.fact-index.com/p/pe/petroleum.html http://www.fact-index.com/k/ke/kerosene.html http://www.fact-index.com/g/ga/gasoline.html Quote
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