No question that is right. So I will suffer my present motor for another year. I have plenty more to do. I have noticed some small 4-cycles that weigh less than my 20 year old 60 pound 2-cycle. Maybe by then there will technology to enable me to forget about combustion altogether. Miracles have been alluded to. JimD Sent from Windows Mail From: August Trometer Sent: November 24, 2012 4:09 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Propane Conversion kits for Outboard outboards The common generator for that is the Honda (4 stroke). Sent from my iPhone August & Susan Trometer 239 849 4681 North Fort Myers, FL atrometer@gmail.com On Nov 24, 2012, at 1:51 PM, Rik Sandberg <sanderico1@gmail.com> wrote: Jim, Don't think that's gonna work too well. On a two stroke, the fuel is also the lubricant (gas and oil mixed) I'm not sure how you would get the vaporous propane to carry the oil into the engine. Every propane generator conversion I've seen has a 4 stroke engine. Lubricant is in the crankcase. Big difference. I think if you want a propane outboard, the only way it's gonna work is to start with a 4 stroke. Hopefully somebody can prove me wrong. Rik On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Jim Dahlquist <jimdahlquist@gmail.com>wrote:
I have seen a video on youtube showing how to convert a portable generator from gasoline to propane. Now I would like to explore the idea of converting my old Suzuki DT4 2-cycle outboard if I could find a compatible kit. I think this would be cleaner and would not require any winter maintenance. So far I haven't been able to find anything. Maybe because generators are way too popular right now. But I wanted to at least get this idea on the list.
BTW: It appears that searching the archives requires downloading the full data first. Is that correct?
Jim Dahlquist jimdahlquist@gmail.com
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