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Bush Tucker Man:
During a chat with one of the patients a few days ago, we got talking about the old tractors he used to rebuild, I only got talking as he had a copy of a Ferguson club magazine on his bed

For some reason the natter got around to fuel.
He tells me quite catagorically that TVO is of equal quality to standard road (duty-paid) diesel.
He still uses TVO in an old Ferguson on his family farm.

Simply out of curiosity, is this true??

(he's been discharged, so I can't ask for verification & I rarely see a mate who used to rebuild Fordson E27N's & Field-Marshalls)

barmiebrumie:
Dumb question but what is TVO :oops: ,



John.

jalopy joe:
TVO needs a spark doesn`t it??  Start on petrol and switch to TVO when engine is warm, or have I got that wrong?

ChrisW:
I thought it was more of a petrol / parrafin mix? Seem to remember Dad having to get pink paraffin when we had our old Fergie

This site seems to say more petrol/paraffin than diesel...
http://www.fofh.co.uk/tech/tvo.htm

woody:
SVO= staight veg oil
TVO=tractor vaporising oil ?????

all diesels built before 1947 were duel fuel  :shock:
only since the the abundance of cheap petrolium fuel ( :lol: ) did we start changing to fossel fuels to run heavy oil (compression ) engines
are we suckers or what

now with electronic controlled fuel systems and engine management we may be to far away to use SVO in modern engines
biofuel = is a mix of SVO and is thinned with mineral oils to make it usable in engines without any modification
SVO needs to be warmed (thinned)to use it in a diesel engine

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