PS 607
JUNE 03
53
Dear Editor,
The M17-series decon's burner is designed to run on all kinds of fuels,
including diesel and MOGAS. But we've discovered that if the burner
sees nothing but diesel, eventually its fuel valves will gel up. Then you
won't be heating much water or doing much deconning.
MOGAS is the answer. If you run MOGAS through the burner at least
25 percent of the time
-one can of
MOGAS for every three cans of
diesel
-the fuel valve won't plug up.
Remember, you need to use MOGAS at
least part of the time for PMCS, too.
It’s also good to get all the diesel
fuel out of the burner at shutdown. The
best way to do that is to run MOGAS
through the burner for 5 minutes and
then shut down normally. The burner
pump will purge the diesel fuel.
MSG Kenneth Graham
SGT Ramon Perez
SPC Yonelvi Alvarez
21st Chemical Co
Ft Bragg, NC
PS 607
JUNE 03
52
M17-Series Decon…
t
he two engines used with the M17 decon use different spark plugs. If you use the
wrong plug, the engine runs poorly.
Its thread is 1/2 inch long. The Cuyuna engine uses Champion RN3C spark plug,
the plug's porcelain insulator.
An easy way to tell which engine your M17 has is to look at the fan guard. The
JLO engine has a silver fan guard and the Cuyuna has a black guard.
If you have both engines in
your chemical company, make
sure you keep the different
spark plugs separate in boxes
marked
JLO
and
Cuyuna.
…d’you think
you could’ve
used the wrong
spark plug?
oooh…
I feel
terrible.
me, too. I
got waaay
too much
diesel last
night!
I really
need to
cut back!
Run MOGAS through burner
at least 25% of time
JLO engine has a
silver fan guard…
…while Cuyuna’s
fan guard is black
I just
don’t seem
to have any
spark…
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