home made TVO info

found this on a fergie site

There must only ever be 2 ingredients in TVO

1. Petrol (unleaded is absolutely fine for a Ferguson tractor) 98 Octane
2. 28 Second Heating Oil 20 Octane

Aim for an Octane value between 55 and 70

* 55 if doing very hard work
* 70 if doing topping and the like

To give you some idea of the sums:-

* 1 petrol and 1 heating oil comes out at 59 Octane
* 2 petrol and 1 heating oil comes out at 72 Octane
* 1 petrol and 2 heating oil comes out at 46 Octane
* Petrol on its own is suitable for road runs (with the heat shield removed).

Cheers Steve

Thanks for posting that, usefull info there.

A reminder to all members new and old alike,

Unleaded petrol is ok for stationary engines as these were run on 2 star petrol when they were origionaly built, which was basicly the same. There may be a few octaines diffrence but nothing to be of any problems.

Paul

my mate runs his petrol/paraffin AMANCO on 50/50......or 1/2 + 1/2... 1/2 petrol..1/2 paraffin.....

seems to work for him ok....

mike.