Propane or natural gas are both known as "dry fuels" for the obvious reasons. They're far better on an engine due to the lack of fuel dilution and cylinder wall washing that occurs with gasoline.
They can and do go longer between oil changes for this reason as well. No carburetors on these engines - the term for a gas engine is "mixer", as that's exactly what they are, a Venturi with a metering valve of some sort. There are dual fuel setups on small engines that use what's known as a "spud in valve" that is screwed into the main jet drilling which introduces dry fuel into the carb rather than gasoline. The drawback? Dry fuels have lower BTU contents, so an engine that produces 10 HP on gasoline may only produce 8-9 HP depending on what kind of fuel it is. Dan Sent from my iPad > On May 12, 2015, at 4:43 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I've read that gasoline engines operated on propane are much cleaner, almost > never experience carb trouble and can go longer between oil changes because > of it. > -Curt > > > From: fmiser via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 1:44 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] generator for Craig > >> Meade wrote: >> >> Looks like Onan generators are sold for gasoline, propane, >> or diesel fuel. I'll bet this one is gasoline. > > Most gasoline engines - and therefore generators - can be > converted to run on propane. A bit less power, but no issues > with long term fuel storage! > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
