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My Dad was down on diesels since the '70s when one of his
chowderhead drinking buddies ran his diesel pickup
Call it what you want. Compared to even an old OM621 or an OM636, or
a JD, IH, Cummins, Detroit, Cat, Perkins, or even a petter, it is a
crappy engine.
That is purportedly just a rumor. Theres no doubt GM cheaped out on
head bolts and the 350 diesel apparently makes a great base to build
a
of
the compression chamber. We had one of these in the shop, and were totally
perplexed by it.
Dan
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The Olds 350 was a gasoline engine re-designed to be a diesel. This
is common knowledge, I think. GM didn't make a V8 diesel at the
time, at least Olds didn't, and it was NOT a new design, so there are
not too many options for the source. If i was, in fact, a diesel from
the ground up,
, November 26, 2011 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] mixing diesel and gasoline
The Olds 350 was a gasoline engine re-designed to be a diesel. This is
common knowledge, I think. GM didn't make a V8 diesel at the time, at
least Olds didn't, and it was NOT a new design, so there are not too many
options
Not the small block Chevy. It was based on the Olds 350, a completely
different animal than the Chevy. A lot bigger and a lot more durable.
Still not the best choice for a diesel platform though.
Mike
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TO me it is all GM C-Rap. Therefore to me is is all the same. A
pile of c-rap from one person who are tacos is different form a pile
of c-rap from somebody else who ate steak. To me, it is all c-rap.
If to you a old 350 is different from a shovey 350, more power to
you, but the same POS
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Got a question.
I am presuming that Jim's comment
Rest assured that your older MB engines will survive the
experience, though they won't be happy about it. Those
inline Bosch pumps are quite hardy
refers to mixing gas with diesel in a diesel engine. Forgive me if I
told that introducing even a small amount of gasoline into the diesel
fuel would result in a violent explosion in the cylinders that could
do catastrophic damage to the engine, especially the pistons.
Can't explode violently, there's no mixture except at the
flame front. Might burn hotter
Owner manual for Gump called for using kero for low temp fuel flow, or, if none
were to be had, to use about a gallon of 87 octane to thin out the full tank.
Just trying to lower the gel point, and petrol does a fine job.
When I was doing B100, I was using petrol, since the lines would gel
The old tale about never have gasoline around Diesel was true for
American Diesels built before 1975 or so. They did not not explode,
but they would blow the head bolts loose, and if you ever hears a vw
with loose heads in the 70s, multiply that by the ratio of the
displacement difference
have started to change his mind.
-Curt
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:22:32 -0600
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] mixing diesel and gasoline
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My Dad was down on diesels since the '70s when one of his
chowderhead drinking buddies ran his diesel pickup (probably a
GM350) out of fuel and used gasoline instead even though kerosene
was available. Apparently they got just a few miles before the
engine refused to go any farther.
My MB's
He's lucky. I had a co-worker who had an Olds with the converted Diesel 350.
He ran out of fuel about a half of mile from our heliport, Rather than
walking to our hanger
and getting a gal of JP4 he poured about 2 gal of gas he had in a can
in the trunk (it was for the base mower). Cranked up
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