Fuel for John Deere D

[Lester Warner]

Does it hurt to run gas only on a John Deere D that was made to start on gas,then switch to kerosine.?

 

[John T]

Theres not many that run Kerosene nowadays but I've been around a few and the smell is sure noticeable, I kinda enjoyed it. I wouldnt say it "hurts" to run on gas although perhaps (NOT a fuel expert) kerosene has some better degree of lubricity then gas may have???? If you were gonna put it in the field and work it long n hot n hard days and weeks at a time perhaps there is more advantage of Kerosene use but for parades and occassional use even for soem real farm work now n then I JUST DONT ENVISION ANY PROBLEM USING GAS ONLY

John T NOT a D fan (or fuel expert) so this is basically a worthless opinion, (like many here, mine included lol) but its my best shot

 

[RonMC]

The only reason for the distillate was operating cost. It's a gas engine with modifications to intake + water injection to enable it to run on other fuel. You won't harm it a bit running on gas - one of my uncles broke land and farmed with a D and he always ran it on gas from new until he wore it out about 50 years later. RonMC

 

[gtx1967jewison]

actually it will last longer on gas regardless of use, since the heavy fuels diluted the oil badly & caused pre ignition to some degree (hence the water injection) they burned dirtier & carboned up etc, due mainly to the low compression & incomplete burning of the heavy fuels in a spark ignition engine.