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Old 02-17-2004, 08:50 PM
manny manny is offline
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Originally posted by albert champion
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as i said before, mobil operated, exxon-mobil operates thousands of stationary, spark-ignited, natural gas fueled, recips. all over the world. yet, virtually none of them are operated on syn. why do you think that might be the case?
Well, I'll tell you why:
1. Being a gaseous fuel, there is no cylinder wash-down from fuel ( unlike gasoline or diesel ).
2. On a gaseous fuelled engine, all the oil is expected to do is lubricate & cool.
Quite often, a non-detergent oil is recommended for these applications.
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