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I think it would be easier to recirculate the fuel through the tank wouldn't it Tubz; a separate heater is one less point of failure to worry about. If they used a high pressure common rail design like my Landcruiser (using the fuel as pump lubricant), the returning fuel goes through a cooling unit under the floor, so obviously lots of heat available.

Don't they use a bit of avgas in the diesel in places like Antarctica & Alaska

Where diesel is used ?

 

 

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Don't they use a bit of avgas in the diesel in places like Antarctica & AlaskaWhere diesel is used ?

You might get away with that in rather agricultural diesels, but from what I understand, adding 'petrol' of any kind will damage the modern high pressure common rail diesel fuel system.

 

 

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Yes , I wouldn't recommend it .

 

I saw a program where they took Toyota landys to the North Pole

 

And that's how they stopped the diesel freezing .

 

Mike .

 

 

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Good heavens - a realistic engine that actually exists. However did they manage to get that far without some unauthenticable photos and an endless supply of : 'and next week, I'll have some wonderful news' posts?

 

Jeez, you just can't trust some people. They just go out and do it - the bastards.

 

 

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By the way, I got some Jab wings for sale that I grabbed while in the UK last time, numbers ST1 #0001, anyone interested in these?

 

 

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By the way, I got some Jab wings for sale that I grabbed while in the UK last time, numbers ST1 #0001, anyone interested in these?

I guess that their the short foam filled ones ?

 

 

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II guess that their the short foam filled ones ?

Full of something .... 003_cheezy_grin.gif.c5a94fc2937f61b556d8146a1bc97ef8.gif

 

 

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of course you do! you just don't know it. that VW is simple as a singer treadle sowing machine

You had me in stitches with that one FT.

 

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So bex, why didn't you design an inline 4 cylinder diesel that would be dead simple to build compared to the engine you are producing

 

 

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Nice to see polite exchanges without some of the needling that goes on here too often. Of course, that's what should be a guiding principle of a thread.

 

 

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Which ever way you twist it, picking and poking holes is poor form and hard to patch up later

 

 

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Nice to see polite exchanges without some of the needling that goes on here too often. Of course, that's what should be a guiding principle of a thread.

058_what_the.gif.7624c875a1b9fa78348ad40493faf23c.gif Needless to say, if Bex's engine uses a carburettor, needling will be involved (this can be avoided if it is fuel injection).

 

 

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Similar to the DAIR http://dair.co.uk/Only similar to mine in that it's an opposed piston but I stayed away from a 2/4 cylinder because of the extra secondary forces.

Hi Bex, any update on your engine development?

 

 

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