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Jun/Jul 2008Subscribe NowEngine videos online! Check out the GEM video index on YouTube, the quickest way to find gas engine videos on the Internet. We’ve done the searching, all you have to do is the watching! Click below for GEM engine video index. |
Oil Field Engine NewsFuel for ThoughtBy Russell FarmerA frequent question concerning oil field engines is how to connect the gas supply. The majority of oil field engines were configured to run on well-head natural gas. Today, propane is the natural substitution for these engines, but most people have never tried to run an engine on propane until they run into an oil field engine. In my experience propane -often called "vapor gas" - is much more user-friendly than one might think. The important thing to remember is fuel and air must be delivered in the correct proportions. How you deliver that mixture to the engine doesn't matter: If the fuel is mixed right, you could just place a hose at the mouth of the engine's intake, and it would run. Fuel Line IssuesCarburetion problems are eliminated with propane-burning engines. Since propane is a gas and ... 814 of 5211 characters shown.
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