This Yanmar is interesting, how it behaves on wood gas, today it worked for approx. 2 hours and sucked gas, it did not use even 0.5l of diesel fuel. Here is the video when I stopped working, the amount of oil is so small that it stops as soon as I move the hydraulic cylinder.
Looking good Tone. 0.5l is not much. What amount would you expect on 100% diesel?
I don’t know, JO, I would probably use 1.5 to 2 l per hour at these speeds and load, and here 2 dcl. This engine has direct fuel injection and I think it runs even better on wood gas than the Kubota with pre-chamber injection.
Thanks, Tone. And yes, that is what I read everywhere, direct injecting. And your mixing device is very interesting too😃 . I get the feeling that I start to understand woodgas. Time has come for some DOing. Very interesting info is coming my way at the moment. This is one piece. Thanks.
You are doing very good work Tone. The now proven fact that these engines can be run with the supplement of a small amount of liquid fuel added to the wood gas is in some ways a game changer because you are still working within the boundaries of self sufficiency, which is my main interest. Bio and black diesel and methanol are all easily made by the average person.
Tone,
Okay, I need the details of the yanmar powered garden tractor. Take a video of how it is constructed! It is fantastic. I really like it. Thanks
I am not sure they still make those. But if you know any local farmers with pigs or chickens they will have an ample supply of feed bags woven plastic ofcourse as those are all we seem to have now but they do breath some to keep the grain from rotting i would think those would work well.
Tone that is very cool i have the Chinese knock off of that same motor in a case ingersoll 448 that i use all the time. I am willing to bet running it on wood would smell much nicer than on diesel fuel too.
I have thought about a charcoal gasifer for it but i never seem to find the time.
Tone,
These small diesels are rare as hen’s teeth here in North America. I don’t know why. We have lots of choices in spark-ignition gasoline / petrol small engines to make up for that. I love what you are doing, trying, using regarding wood gas in various engine types!
Even the Chinese clones aren’t cheap. I paid 650 dollars for mine.
Mike, l found that super interesting. Untill l joined the site l never even knew petrol tractors still exist. Here, 99% of the time the engine of any woork tool is either a small 2 stroke or diesel. Even with cars, diesels vastly outnumber petrol cars.
If things were that way here today I would have a small fleet of vw tdi Jettas, outstandingly tough little cars in stock form getting in excess of 40mpg with tuning I know one guy getting 52mpg. And probably a few 1979-85 Toyota solid axle trucks with the diesel. Or land cruisers with the big six diesel. Those are my bucket list mpg rigs
…but uuuuugly 
Less likely to be stolen due to there uglyness, that’s actually a factor in most my vehicle buying decisions is that sad? Why I don’t go for anything big flashy nice paint cool wheels sound system. Just respectable enough looking to not be looked at is the usual goal
Good point. I didn’t think of that. I leave my keys in most of the time. I just make sure the fuel pump is switched off
Keys in ignition doors unlocked windows down and stay close by. My “hope” is when the rig gets stolen I have intact windows and ignition. Less to repair if I get it back. I did just put a fuel pump kill switch in the dodge last week, not that any millennial knows how to drive a stick shift anymore. Another anti theft device in all the rigs I buy 
Yup I am with marcus on that one. My newest vehicle is my 2003 Dodge Ram. And guess what not able to gasifiy it. Bummer. The older vihicles are the easier to gasifiy this is the simple truth. The OBD 1 and early 2’s. are best in mpfi engines. Heck a brand new car forget it. Well a 100% EV with a gasifier/genset on the back maybe. Would that look funny or what a Tesla going down the road and no need to stop at a fast charging station. Lol. Someone should show Leon Musk.
Now that some of the DOW members are showing us that diesel engines can be gasified, this is a game changer for wood/charcoal gasification. Diesel engines getting 75 to 100 miles on a gallon of diesel? That would be Nice. And it could be your own bio diesel that you are making. That is really super nice game changer. Right?
Still I think it will have to be the older diesels not the new ones that they are making these days.
Bob
Good luck to the person that trys to start your toyota truck up. Lol. They would have to be a DOW member. And know where you are hiding the wood.
Bob
Haha, sorry Kristijan for what is coming. Before you were born it was the other way around. Volkswagen introduced it, Mercedes tried, but the Golf I was the game changer. And was very capable in running on his own motoroil.
Nowadays dieseldrivers are paria’s. I dont know why. More efficient, easier to produce diesel then gasoline for the oil companies. It must have something to do with government or so.
Diesels last longer by 100,000 miles, less profit to produce fuel. Gov. made emissions laws more restrictive to favor the gasoline engine. Oh and we wanted high perfomance fast cars too. Diesel you lose on that one.
A quite ride forget it. But I like the sound of my gasoline engine and tail pipes. Lots of factors ones we do not even know about too.
Now it is the silent ride of a EV’s, no noise polution.
Oh brother what next. What comes around goes around again and again just in a new wrappings and box for people to buy. H yes it is about making monies and big profits too. As they say nothing new under the sun. May be but I am not holding my breath until it comes.
Bob