Fuel Air Diesel engine induction

[Gordon Couger]

>Gordon Couger wrote:
>> 
>> >> Dirty little diesel secret.  Propane. 
>> It works great. Just watch your exuast gas temperture. You can melt down
>> a turbo or and engin this way. I don't know if it is still being done
>> but in the 60's & 70's it was used to get you through the "hard spots"
>> by some folks. If they didn't over use it they seemed to get by pretty
>> well.
>
>what would you suggest to keep my exh-temp at ?
>do you know some base-lines like max temp ?
>
I don't recall. But I think it is pretty well documented in almost any
thing that discusses turbo chargers.  
>> 
>> One thing I wonder about with water injection is high pressure steam is
>> pretty corosive stuff. I would worry about piston, valve and turbo
>> errosion.
>
>I don't worry about it too much . I don't plan to stop the engine right
>after 
>full throttle operation so she'll get time to get clean

I am not worried so much about condensed water but the superheated steam
itself. If you are running hot at all and shut down from full power you
will end up with warped valves and frozen trubos if you do it very often.

Gordon