Can a petrol generator be converted to biodiesel?

[smileyt]

Can a petrol generator be converted to biodiesel? Just wondering. I know absolutely nothing about engines, generators or anything that has petrol put in it. But I could learn, if a petrol generator could be converted to a biodiesel one.

Of course, if it's not possible, please tell me kindly, once you have stopped rolling round laughing

[scoobie]

Erm in short, I don't think so due to the difference in combustion between petrol and diesel. Diesel has to be put under pressure for it to combust unlike petrol, which readily ignites from a spark.

You might be able to get it to work on ethanol which is considered a bio fuel, but not as easy to make as bio diesel...

[metatron]

It might be posable to adapt it to run on ethanol. Ethanol is cheap but you could make it yourself with a bit of work. It will most likely run on a mix of petrol and ethanol with no modification.

[jansman]

NO

[jansman]

To expand on my last reply petrol burns by ignition(spark plug sets fire to the gas)diesel burns by compression.To put it in a nutshell, they are two different engine systems.

[metatron]

To expand on my last reply petrol burns by ignition(spark plug sets fire to the gas)diesel burns by compression.To put it in a nutshell, they are two different engine systems.

lol, well your best bet is to run it on 80% petrol, 20% ethanol which will save you some money. You might want to try a 60% 40% mix and see how it runs, but 80/20 should work with no difference.

[smileyt]

Thanks guys. I have learned something new. I was asking because someone was selling a generator near me on evilbay but I know that petrol is not something to store in any quantity around the house ... Anyway, I will give it a miss.