Re: Experience with "cheap" portable diesel gensets?

In article <eg3e22l6rsetql3u8mntdkeigcvecm47q7@xxxxxxx>, no@xxxxxxxxx
(no@xxxxxxxxx) says...

If you're going to run on fuel oil - fuel without all the additives
that make diesel diesel, you'll probably want to look at third world
low speed engines. These aren't critically dependent on the lubricity
and anti-corrosive additives that modern engines are. The injector
pumps and injectors themselves are the main concerns. Third world
engines are designed to run on just about anything that can be
liquefied and will burn.

Off-road diesel, AKA #2 fuel oil, is generally just the old style high
sulfur diesel with some red dye in it. Kerosene is a lighter fraction,
and doesn't have the lubricating properties of diesel, though it will
run an engine OK. If you are concerned about lubricity, just add enough
2-cycle oil to make a 50:1 mix.

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