edwardatherton Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 I have a couple of litres of nitro fuel left from when I had a radio-controlled truck. Do I use it to kill the weeds on the patio, or could I pop it into the fuel tank and run the 2.5 petrol on it for a mile or two? What might hapen to the engine, if anything?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 this would have been a better thread had it started: "i had a few litres of nitro fuel, chucked it in the tank of the landy and look what happened!" there's still time :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honitonhobbit Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 I have a couple of litres of nitro fuel left from when I had a radio-controlled truck.Do I use it to kill the weeds on the patio, or could I pop it into the fuel tank and run the 2.5 petrol on it for a mile or two? What might hapen to the engine, if anything?! Run it in the Honda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 What might hapen to the engine, if anything?! Try it, post up pics/comments - you know you want to Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECCANO Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Nitro fuel is just methanol and caster oil... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 ...and nitromethane. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Quick answer, Unless you run it almost neat, in a petrol powered engine adding your Glow plug mix will probably do nothing very interesting. (depending on % Nitromethane / Methanol mix) Big Nitro mixes. If used in a large enough quantity to make any difference and you managed to make it run, then it would either burn your pistons up very quickly through a seriously lean mix or detonate your engine to pieces or both. To get it to work reliably, your engine would need to be built with this specific fuel in mind and setup correctly. Don't mess unless you can afford plenty of rebuilds. Lara. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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