Exactly right, it's called pilot injection and is an alternative to fitting spark plugs when using gaseous fuel such as from a wood gasifier or any other source. Fuel use in the pilot system can be rather minor once the engine is warmed up. David T.
"As I understand it, Diesels running on gaseous fuels such as NG have the normal injectors for liquid fuel and also have some sort of gaseous fuel distribution system in the inlet stream. A small amount of liquid fuel is injected to start combustion. Don Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Valley Center, CA Senior Software Engineer" Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
