01-30-2008, 02:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Chas H
When I was in the Army back in the mid 60s, our 2 1/2 and 5 ton trucks had the Continental multi-fuel engines. They would run, without adjustment, on any fuel but 100 octane AVgas. The 5 ton truck was turbocharged and had the highest top speed of any of our vehicles, somewhere around 73-75 mph. It also made big smoke and the exhaust pipe which came out behind the cab, pointed towards the ground; giving nearby pedestrians a great clue as to which fuel we might be burning that day.
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The fuel injection pumps (made by American Bosch) on these engine had a device inside called “the fuel density compensator” that worked off of the specific gravity of the fuel that was being used. This helped the fuel injection pump to further regulate the amount of the various concoctions of fuel that would be available for injection.
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