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Old 08-28-2009, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by kingdoc1 View Post
The diesel engine was originally designed to run on peanut oil.

That was with a compressed air fuel injection systen back close to around the year 1900.
With the compressed air injection system there is no Elements/plungers and barrels in the system to wear out.
Also labor to repair engines back then was way cheaper than now.
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