25% Gasoline to Diesel engine

I used to have old Volkswagen diesel pickup, and it's owners manual said that in cold weather 25% of gasoline can be put to tank.

I wonder if I can use same method to my MF35 with hard startting Standard diesel?

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It's unoffical Harry Ferguson web page.

I think gasoline/petrol will add diesel more vaporize part, and mixture will ignite easier if in pressure and high temperature. In my MF-35 -59 problem is that piston doesn't make air in cylinder hot enough (700..900°C) so diesel fuel would burn. It's worn old engine. This is just my idea to move large repair to future.

I do have 4 glow plugs, ki-gass system, syntetic oil, good batteries and water heating system. In summer temperature here is 15...30°C and no problem for startting. Winter -10...-30°C is another story.

JB

I have never come across adding petrol to diesel though - but in theory the petrol would certainly ignite at diesel compression, and help ignite the diesel, or warm the combustion chamber.

The only thing that worries me is if the petrol ignites 'earlier' than the diesel so producing increased stress on the piston crown.

Perhaps the only way to find out, is to try it, but by adding say, 5%, then 10%, then 15% then 20% then 25% petrol, until better starting is obtained - that way you don't add any more petrol than is absolutely necessary, and you minimise the risk of damaging your engine.

Nice idea though, thanks for posting it - is there a fuel engineer out there who can add more information on this one??

Sorry folks.

But then, I have seen some of you based in the US refer to p/p engines, and not refer to them as p/k, or even g/k engines - which in theory they ought to be, as you don't use petrol, do you? (grin)