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JemmaUK
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The bio diesel option is cool, ive seen the cooking oil conversion kits for most diesel engines, you would need 2 fuel tanks though, since the oil has to be heated for the first few minutes of a cold start, and the engine uses regular diesel at that time, then switches to the cooking oil.
They used to use a similar system on the old petrol paraffin tractors - start on petrol and run on paraffin when the engine is hot - the only thing was to remember to switch back to petrol before you shut down - else the thing wouldnt go next time. oh, and, really really dont fit the aftermarket turbocharger...
There is a common method to make a small diesel - basically taking a standard engine and making a compression insert for it which is drilled to take a glowplug. This is threaded to allow the insert to be moved in and out of the cylinder (increase/decrease compression).
This will allow an engine to run on diesel although it wont hit the car compression levels of 22:1 or more it will run happily. Incidentally this is the same varicompression system as was used on the Lohmann compression-ignition cyclemotor engine (a massive 18cc single lol) which is said to manage 1mph per cc - scaled up this should mean that a 32cc C/I engine should get the same speed as a 2-stroke 32cc with better torque and probably better consumption..
Its a complicated method and it needs someone with the relevant tools but its doable and would fit our applications very well..
Jemma xx