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I will read now about the gulf rig, was that the BP one. That sounds interesting. Most tech’s will have a memory of when a diesel runs off uncontrollably on its own lubricating oil while sitting on the ramp above you so you can’t even try to stall the thing. Try explaining that to the customer. A compression ignition engine will quite efficiently run on pulverised coal dust or anything else that will burn.
Vasco may have used diesel starting spray to get the vehicle to run but hair spray or air freshener would even have worked, only If needs must. Anything flammable it’s the control that’s the thing. Easy start is a brand name. But if I remember is Ether. And is almost too strong. Fine for starting an old cement mixer but a little to violent for a modern car. Every week at least one diesel arrives after being at another shop with that unmistakeable smell of easy start and a pile of replaced parts.
Old time diesel engines in Germany ran on a gasoline carburetor to start them cold and then you switched over to diesel back before glow elements.
I absolutely love diesel engines, well any engine really and marvel at all the different designs.
I have even built engines that dont exist in the public eye and destroyed a bunch too experimenting.
Believe it or not soot runs well!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_explosion
Blowout
On September 8, BP published a report that suggested that the ignition source was the released gas entering the air intakes of the diesel generators, and engulfing the deck area where the exhaust outlets for the main generators were emitting hot exhaust gas.[SUP][45][/SUP]