-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 After my appeal for ethanol as fuel information a couple of weeks back, I was contacted by Jan Warnqvist who asked me to reply for more information.
I did reply, and never heard from you again. Perhaps my off-list reply didn't "make it" for some reason. But here is the body of my response to you; - -- > Jan Warnqvist wrote: > > >>> Hello Chip. > > > Hy Jan; > > >>> I read your input on the JTF mailing list. >>> I have experience in ethanol as a fuel for >>> both 2-stroke and 4-stroke engines. Converting a 4-stroke >>> engine to ethanol is not a big thing, however making a 2-stroke >>> engine to run safe and properly on ethanol is a different matter >>> not in the least due to its way of lubrication. > > > yes, it is interesting. > > Were I trying to get a "generic" old 2 stoke to work, it would be one > thing, as the older 2stoke engines used fuel/oil as a coolant > as well as a lubricant/fuel. > > However, these newer husqvarna saw engines do a very wonderful > job of completing the combustion in the combustion chamber, with > very little un-spent fuel exhausting. > > Husqvarna has done an admirable job engineering these engines. > > However, here in the US, the alkyate fuels like Aspen are not > available, or if they are, it's a real mystery as to where. > Futher, even Aspen is non-renewable. Seems we in the US not > only use the most petrol, we also use the lower quality petrols. > Nothing to be proud of. > > The small things, like adapting the fuel system, guestimating > the carb modifications and such are things I could probably do. > However, trying to determine a good fuel/lubricant ratio > for ethanol and perhaps using a bio-oil like biodiesel > as a lubrication additive is quite simply beyond my quite limited skills. > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks very much for the reply. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDXla10STXFHxUucwRAuu3AJsHOJRQ9isR+O3dgJ2d3d9fsvzsjgCfY/wd SMHmT9QGXU43efKQq64yXEo= =lOsk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
