Let me explain this to you: Your truck probably runs on diesel fuel. Diesel fuel is ignited exclusively by high pressure. For gasoline, after pressurization, it must be ignited with a spark plug. Alcohol mimics the characteristics of gasoline, not diesel fuel. You should experiment with it on a petrol car. Rather take 60-95% alcohol rather than 40% alcohol.
We have ethanol driven cars here in brazil. Now they can run on either gasoline or ethanol. There was a time in wich you had either a gasoline car or a ethanol car. in an emergency you could use ethanol in a gasoline car, but you immedieately had to change back to gasoline alcohol is just too reactive it seizes the engine. The reverse was also true, but since ethanol has higher octanes than gasoline, you would have a sputtering and possibly misfiring car until you reached a station. Here in brazil we can buy liquid alcohol at three different concentrations: 98 percent, 70 percent (medicinal ethanol) or 46 percent (household cleaning). I have had emergencies and had 70 percent alcohol in the car from the hospital (i am a doctor) and was able to start the car and go to a station. 98 and 70 percent will work. 46 percent will not (i never even tried it) because it is more water than alcohol, so it will not light a fire or a barbecue, and it will not burn inside a cilinder. That is why the experiment failed. He used vodka that was 40 percent alcohol, it would never work out.
Ok, nice but I still have some questions .. like what kind of engines is this truck using? Diesel or Benzine? And what did the mechanics say was the reason that she died? The combustion itself didn't seem to be the issue.
Something tells me that the scratching noise that i was making was the starter motor still engaged. And when you tried to start it after it stalled, the starter was probably burned out. The same thing happened to my old honda I had.
The alcohol burns inside the engine then after the alcohol burns up there are plenty of water left inside the engine which makes it almost impossible to start the engine again.
