2007-03-11 07:44:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Diesel engines can run on any type of oil, including peanut and vegetable.
Rudolf Diesel originally designed the diesel engine to use vegetable oil and demonstrated it with peanut oil.
2007-03-11 07:54:48 · answer #1 · answered by hsueh010 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A car that runs on gasoline no because the spark plug ignites the fuel vapor and causes compression but a diesel engine can run off any type of vegetable or nut oil (peanut, vegetable, corn) because its the pressure that creates combustion. You have to make sure the oil is heated so its thin.
2007-03-11 14:58:45 · answer #2 · answered by hyperfamilyman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes if it is a diesel engine. I used to have a diesel Mercedes and my friend bet me that I couldn't put vegetable oil in my gas tank, and I did and the car ran fine. Diesel engines were originally made to run on any form of oil but the gas companies made there own diesel from fossil fuels. The original diesel engine ran on used peanut oil!!
2007-03-11 14:53:02 · answer #3 · answered by ericlarsen86 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anything can happen anywhere in any part of world.
Chamatkar to namaskar.
2007-03-12 00:55:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it can.
2007-03-11 16:49:21 · answer #5 · answered by ericscribener 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋