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Old 2nd February 2006 | 20:58
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moggiee
 
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Originally Posted by Best foot forward
i understand that a jet engine will run on pretty much anything that will burn its just a question of getting the fuel air mix right.
Top Gear the other day, might have been a rerun but they had a car running on methane that was compressed and into a CNG tank on an old rover. Looked like it ran ok.
We'll end up using Veg oil - it has very similar properties to diesel and thus JetA1
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