bilboby
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As this can be acheived for car's i'm wondering if it is possible for MB's and if so finding a seller for purchasing the fuel adapter kit.
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you would need A LOT of compression. any kind of oil (like diesel or vegitable) ignites by compression, not by spark or fire. glow plugs are only there to heat up the cylinders, NOT to fire the fuel.
you would also need fuel injection, and fuel pump that would give very high fuel pressure to inject the oil into the cylinder.
you would beed a feed and return line to and from the fuel tank, and you would also need one heck of a filtering system to make sure that the oil you would be getting is 100% free of debris and foreign matter.
small nitro r/c car engines work on the same principle, they have a lot of compression but they burn a 20% nitromethane fuel mix. they are based on 2 stroke engines but they have a glow plug like a diesel, which is only used to get the engine started. once they are running, the fuel is fired by compression.
It used to be that way, but technology has come a long way. Although the cost on these small engines would be monstrous compared to the price of gasoline, even if it can be done.