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That looks amazing Tone, you’re quite the fabricator 
Looking forward to see how this project proceed.
I know diesels sometimes runs pretty good on just starting fluid (not recommended) with no fuel from the injectors, so why not on woodgas? What im curious about is how it will work under heavy load? Pre-ignition?
But i feel pretty sure if someone makes this work, it’s probably Tone.
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Goran, there is a saying, “do not praise the day before the night”, well, I am happy about your praise anyway.
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Yes Tone, and you “dare” to test this, willing to do all the work to test, and that is impressive.
Anyway, in my knowings about semi-diesels, hot-bulb engines, this could probably work some like this, when gas/air mix are “pushed together” comprimated, it’s pushed into the tube where you have the glowplug, there should be some “leftovers” (exhaust gas) from combustion before, when further compressed the gas/air mix molecules become “tight” around glowplug, and, ignition takes place?
In early hot-bulbs they somewhat regulated bulb temp with injecting amounts of water to avoid pre-ignitions, knocking, you can do this by regulate power to the plugs.
Have i understand your theory?
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Goran, your explanation is better than my philosophizing, well, wood gas has all the “good” properties for combustion according to this process, high octane number, contains some moisture, “slow” flame spread, especially if the flame has to spread from of the extreme edge of the separate combustion chamber, I would assume that the operation will be more “soft”, than with the ignition of a small amount of diesel fuel, which ignites the ignition in the middle and in a wider area. The compression ratio of 1:16 already enables self-ignition operation, but only at full load and at high revs, when the temperatures of the gas and air mixture are high, due to rapid compression. The walls of the combustion chamber are also hot, especially those removable covers, which are not cooled by water. Let me say that the glow plugs need 10A for full power, and 3A is enough for the red glow, well, I assume that this current will be even smaller when the engine is running.
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tone, fantastic, pioneer work…if you would have lived in the 19.century, you would have probably made a lot of inventions, that others did…
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Giorgio, thank you for the kind words, however, I have gained a lot of knowledge from this forum and if something succeeds, it is the success of this community.
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The coils were actually what we now call transformers.
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Brief report: Today I assembled the peripherals on the engine, well, except for the exhaust manifold. I tried to start the engine to see if the joints are tight and if it works normally, and the idea came to me that instead of wood gas, I could use propane for a short test. If you are guessing whether the thing works, let me say that it does, the engine runs fine when the spark plugs are hot, but when I disconnect them, it shuts off after a few seconds. I’m watching Marcus fix the wiring on the V10, well, now I’m going to have to add some wiring to Fergie too.
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This sounds like a perfect result. Congratulations!
Rindert
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You do some beautiful work my friend
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So the timing also seems good? I was worried the fuel would ignite too quickly and blast back out of the intake manifold.
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Well, it works, it rotates very smoothly, I would probably need a little more pre-ignition…
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No modesty please. This is a major accomplishment. Congratulations. We need to nominate you for the mobile prize. I’m with Marcus. That engine is a jewel.
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You are incredible, do you have no diesel at all now?
Is that glow plug that you have in now?
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Very nice work, it is impressive. It shows good craftmanship in the machined parts and details.
And all done in a short time.
My hat is off to you. Be proud of your accomplishments
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Wow, I’m so impressed Tone!
Anyone know, has this ever been done before?
Edit: What about the glow plugs? I know nothing about them. Do they last over time running constantly? Or I guess we will find out.
Edit 2: Can’t stop thinking about this. Does this mean pretty much any diesel with glowplugs can run 100% woodgas with very little modification?
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