--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, "Matthew Feil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I disagree. I have a John Deere 1020 diesel that was blowing exhaust out the dipstick and the oil was extremely diluted with fuel. My main crankshaft bearing eventually seized and I had to have the entire engine rebuilt as well as replace the crankshaft as it had cracks throughout.
My father also let me borrow his gasoline powered generator that also leaked fuel into the oil - same thing - the engine eventually seized up. I don't think it's a good idea to lubricate an engine with anything but motor oil. I do agree with the first message that diesel engine oil should be changed on hours - I change mine every 100 hours on my JD. Too bad not all engines have a hobbs meter (hour meter). -----Original Message----- From: martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 9:32 AM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] cleanschoolbussusa I used to work on a farm. We had a tractor that was leaking fuel into the oil. I couldn't figure out why the oil light would come on, but the dipstick said it was full. When we took it apart (to replace the bearings) it was the cleanest looking engine you have ever seen. Steve Spence wrote: >getting diesel in your crankcase would be severe problem, as it's not a >lubricant like oil. vegetable oil would be less of a problem, but over time, >could be an issue. fortunately that time period is much longer than your oil >change parameters. a diesel that idles for long periods of time should have >it's oil changed based on hours, not miles. > >Steve Spence >Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter >& Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: >http://www.green-trust.org >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >----- Original Message ----- >From: "GuyW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 4:05 PM >Subject: Re: [biofuel] cleanschoolbussusa > > > > > > -- --- Martin Klingensmith http://nnytech.net/ http://infoarchive.net/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --- End forwarded message ---
