TVO

[deereman63]

Was TVO (tractor vaporising oil) ever used in the United States. I remember my uncle using it in the UK but is no longer available. Any idea what the ratio of parrafin(kerosine) to petrol ( gas) was used. The tractor had two fuel systems. You would start up with gas and was the engine was warm enough you would switch over to this TVO.

 

[_RaT_]

TVO, thats a new one on me.

 

[Junkman]

I believe that what you refer to is the old diesel engines that had a pony motor on them that ran on gasoline. When the pony motor got the diesel spinning fast enough to get ignition, then you turned off the pony motor. I believe that by the mid 1960's these engines were no longer used.

 

[JerryG]

It was a very low quality distillate. These was a one time someone on Yesterdays Tractors that has a formula that would work.

 

[oliver28472]

We had a couple old WD-9 Internationals and a Farmall MD that started on gas then switched to diesel. These didn't have pony motors.

 

[deereman63]

these machines only had one engine