Natural Gas
05-22-2005, 12:28 AM
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dmitry @ May 21 2005, 01:30 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>does natural gas shorten engines life?
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I do not know, D. Did you look around the internet to see what could be found?
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I do not know, D. Did you look around the internet to see what could be found?
05-22-2005, 04:26 AM
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^^ I found a story about honda motor, that was runing on natural gas. Compression became low and there was noise so guys after inspection disasembled the engine. They found that valves were not in place, they (with seats) were on 1/8" deeper in head then needed.
05-22-2005, 10:11 AM
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I think that had to be a fluke. I know for a fact (because I am old enough to remember it) that a lot of cars built in the sixties and early seventies during the era of leaded fuel, had a hard time using unleaded fuel because the engines had soft valve seats that needed the lead to cushion the hit of the valve into them. Once unleaded fuel became the norm, a lot of older cars needed new valve seats. Most European imports did not need them (Japanese imports had yet to really make an impact here in the US at the point)
1/8 of an inch is pretty deep into the head, I would think that the cam would have stopped the valve from retreating back that far in the first place.
1/8 of an inch is pretty deep into the head, I would think that the cam would have stopped the valve from retreating back that far in the first place.
05-22-2005, 01:20 PM
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Damn
70 cents for 1 liter
Come to The Netherlands
We pay €1,26.9 today for only 1 liter!!!!
A few weeks ago it was like €1.35
So I don't wanna hear anything about expensive fuel when it's below $1.50 tongue.gif
70 cents for 1 liter
Come to The Netherlands
We pay €1,26.9 today for only 1 liter!!!!
A few weeks ago it was like €1.35
So I don't wanna hear anything about expensive fuel when it's below $1.50 tongue.gif
05-23-2005, 07:41 AM
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here i would say that 90% of the taxi's and buses are LPG "Liquid Propane Gas"
and it is going up slowly in price
on the base we got mogas 02.gif it is crap at a $1.75 gal
the local gas station "Oil Bank" is 100 octane and is a $1.50 per liter
5 gallon is 30 dollors
and the AAFES gas is $2.50 for 94
never the less i hurt when i get gas here on average 80 to 120 dollors for a full tank..so dont complain brothers u got it ease
Dam the korean import tax ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
and it is going up slowly in price
on the base we got mogas 02.gif it is crap at a $1.75 gal
the local gas station "Oil Bank" is 100 octane and is a $1.50 per liter
5 gallon is 30 dollors
and the AAFES gas is $2.50 for 94
never the less i hurt when i get gas here on average 80 to 120 dollors for a full tank..so dont complain brothers u got it ease
Dam the korean import tax ahhhhhhhhhhhhh