2007-02-14 13:56:14 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
No, it cannot. Your car has low compression compared to a diesel - some of them use 33:1 compression - most cars in the USA have about 8.5:1. Also, you can't just increase your compression, or the pressure will tear your engine apart. That is why diesel engines are so heavy - thicker metal to handle the higher internal pressures.
Also, diesel engines don't use spark plugs - diesel fuel (including biodiesel) is actually oil, and it doesn't burn cleanly except under great pressure - at which point it spontaneously explodes. Also, the injection system is very different. It runs much higher pressures (often well over 1,000 psi), so that the fuel can be injected at all. Otherwise, the pressure would push the fuel back down the fuel lines instead of injecting it into the cylinder.
2007-02-14 15:29:13 · answer #1 · answered by Me 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If, by regular fuel, you mean a gasoline powered.. probably not.. diesel engines operate with a different setup as far as how the fuel is combusted dealing with its flash point and how it will ignite w/o a spark plug.. I doubt a gasoline engine could be "converted" to a diesel.. now if you mean a diesel car then that is possible, just minor adjustments and changes to the fuel injection system.
2007-02-14 14:02:02 · answer #2 · answered by moregan 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No way no how!!! It has to with the way a diesel engine ignites fuel. It heats the fuel before it ignites. A gas engine relies on a spark to ignite the fuel. Sorry but you can only do this with a diesel and then you would need to change the fuel lines ( you mustve seen last nights DIRTY JOBS on the discovery channel
2007-02-14 14:04:35 · answer #3 · answered by tantatos 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a regular diesel yes can run on biodiesel by itself already. Unless it is a little older, then you need to replace rubber hoses and seals as biodiesel will eat these away. Newer diesels however prefit their diesels with plastic hoses and seals. Also note that if you live in places where it gets under freezing the biodiesel will gel up, but you can just add 50% petrodiesel to prevent this. if you have been running petrodiesel you will also need to replace the fuel filter after a few hundred miles of running biodiesel.
2007-02-14 14:03:45 · answer #4 · answered by wulfgar_117 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to those that answered yes, they havent got a clue as to how a diesel works. the short answer to your question,no. heres why, a diesel works on the principal of heat. it is a compression ignition engine,and how it accomlishes this is by squeezing air inside the cylinder until it gets hot,then fuel is injected into the cylinder. diesel fuel will burn versus explode under compression..
a gasoline engine uses a spark to ignote the fuel, and has approximately half the compression of a diesel engine, therefore a gas based engine will never get hot enough to burn a diesel like fuel
2007-02-15 09:23:09 · answer #5 · answered by yankeegray_99 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can run e-85 ethanol 85% alcohol 15% gas
you can only run biodiesel on a diesel engine with two tanks and switching unit
2007-02-14 13:59:53 · answer #6 · answered by Josh W 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no you cannot. biodiesel is not as combustable as regular fuel. only diesel engines can be converted because they use internal combustion and compression not ignition.
2007-02-14 14:10:27 · answer #7 · answered by smalltownmind_17 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would have to put a diesel engine in.
Only diesels are compatible with bio diesel
2007-02-14 13:59:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no cause regular fuel car has spark plugs and diesal vehicle has no spark plugs instead the have glowplugs
2007-02-14 14:02:50 · answer #9 · answered by Justaman 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
only if you change the fuel tank
2007-02-14 13:59:41 · answer #10 · answered by DUX 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋