"Diesel engines can run on whale oil, but they are not called whale engines if so, or soy engines if run on soy oil."
Exactly - that would mean that AKP Wagen is a diesel/kero/VO/crankcase oil engine right now. I think if it's compression ignition, it's a diesel...especially if it's direct or indirect injection instead of pulling a fuel-air mixture into the cylinder. Chris --- Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ja, but the definition of Diesel is compression > ignition. So, an argument > can be made both ways. Since it is a honda, I say > WHO CARES? > > Diesel engines can run on whale oil, but they are > not called whale engines > if so, or soy engines if run on soy oil. > > At 08:09 PM 10/25/2005, you wrote: > >Well from what I can see it is to do with the name > of the fuel that is used > >in a particular engine. It would be confusing to > call the HCCI engines > >diesels because people would assume that they run > on diesel. > >"Now listen carefully dear, even though this new > car has an engine called a > >diesel in it, it actually runs on petrol/gas. So > please don't get mixed up > >when you fill it up." > > > >Hendrik > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Christopher McCann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 4:37 AM > >Subject: [MBZ] HCCI and 'what is a diesel" > > > > > >In reading about HCCI, it annoys me that they say > it > >is 'like a diesel' or 'like it's diesel cousin'...I > >guess this bugs me b/c I have read about Diesel > >himself and see how he envisaged the engine. Any > >compression ignition engine is a diesel...obvisouly > >HCCI is the most different out there, esp since it > >seems that the current ones still have spark plugs > to > >kick in at the higher and lower revs to even things > >out, making it a hybrid diesel. But if an HCCI > engine > >were to be produced that had no spark plugs, it > would > >simply be a diesel - just optimized to use a > different > >fuel, just like Dr. Diesel himself modified engines > to > >run off thick Baku oil (and was awarded a medal by > the > >Czar of Russia for doing so). > > > >It's probably all marketing, want to sidestep the > idea > >of dirty soot belching, glow plugging diesels. But > >it's still a diesel. > > > >It just irks me a tad. Rudy could care less what > it's > >called, from what I can tell of his life, he would > be > >happy to see this, but would not like the > >over-complicatedness of it as it makes it less > >practical (impossible) for an owner to work on. He > was > >very big on empowering (pun intended) the little > >guy...the simpler the better. > > > >70 mpg is nice though... > > > >Done rambling. > > > > > >Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, > Missouri > >-1987 300TD, 150K miles, "Rotkäppchen" (Little Red > Riding Hood) > >-1985 300SD, 209K miles, "Wulf" > >(http://www.pictureblogger.com/My-1985-Mercedes-Benz-300SD) > >-1976 240D, ManyK miles, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen > Kraftstoffs > >Prüfenlastwagen = Alternative Fuel Test Vehicle) > running > >WVO/WMO/LO/CO/WATF/WGL/WBF/DA/MS/lard/gas/kero/D2 > mix (do not attempt this > >unless you are willing to sacrifice your IP, > injectors, pre-chambers, etc.) > >-1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, > Snowcaster, "One Banger" > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Yahoo! 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