Might be getting off the original post a bit but found an interesting
article on Diesel/GAS conversion - seems you can run both.

 

www.dieselongas.com/technical.htm

 

 

 

Nig

 

 

 

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terry
Neumann
Sent: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 9:40 AM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: [Aus-soaring] Diesel fuel considerations

 

One problem with diesel fuel is that it is almost unavoidably messy.   It
also has a rather unpleasant smell which can be yours to enjoy for the rest
of your day's activities after a tank fill.     Because it is not very
volatile at normal temperatures - if at all - traces of it remain wherever
it spills.  It's almost always on the handling parts of fuelling nozzles, on
the tarmac alongside of the pump where someone overfilled their tank
earlier, and it sticks to your hands and footwear.  When you reach for your
wallet at the checkout, it's transferred to your coat/trousers and credit
card and the stuff on your shoes will be rubbed off on the floor of your
vehicle.  Any leak or spillage on the vehicle will attract and retain dust
like you wouldn't believe. 

I get over this to some degree by keeping a pair of rubber gloves in the
back of my diesel ute which I use for the hands-on part of the service
station visit.  Quaint perhaps but it seems to alleviate most of the residue
problems.

I'm in the "switch (passenger) car" process at the present.  Diesel is off
the short list partly because of this issue, but also because neither of the
cars on the short list (Imprezza & Lancer) are available in a diesel option.
The (diesel) ute will remain on the payroll for the foreseeable future.

FWIW
Terry




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