It is maybe a little easier to run a diesel on woodgas than a spark ignited engine. You just put a throttle upstream of the woodgas inlet. The only issue seems to be that diesels were never intended to have vacuum in the intake manifold, so they usually don’t have valve stem seals. This causes them to use a lot of oil, because the now vacuum in the manifold sucks oil down the valve stems.
Rindert
http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/converting-diesels-to-woodgas/
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