Well 2 days after my hard start episode she started over heating and bubbling through the rad resivoir tank. Humm! Blown head gasket. Oh well can't complain it has been  just shy of ( surprise ) 1800 hr since last decarbon. Wow. Water injection really works I have some pics I'll try to post. Decarboning was a synch.
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Wow this morning I wet to start the Roid and huff and puff she wouldn't start. Ok so I rested and tried again. And I rested and tried again. And again still no go . I checked and blead the injector line,no. I checked and blead the injector pump, no. Shit, now after a few more tries to start I'm hooped. I can visualize a heart attak. Better have an early lunch and a nap. 2 hr later it's time to try again, no. Ok bring out the spare gen set and I'll try something. I have a large socket set 2 in socket and put a 3/8 nut in the key way Aand it bites. I have driver reducers that go from 3/4 to fitting in a drill. I use my 1/2 Mikita drill, fire up the spare gen and give it a try, it turns it just barely, drill I'm sure isn't happy. Can't smell no smoke so it's ok. Ok off we go spinning spinning ever faster but I can't let go of the drill to grab compression release, ah finly, reached it and the Roid springs into life wow what a process. I'm going to have to finish the electric start I'm I started building last fall, share would help in times like this.

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After seeing this post I tried using methealhyydrate now a couple times. I was hearing the knock starting , I gave it a drink of 2-3 oz in my litre jug and turned up the flow quite high 1litre/ 4-5 hr next day smaller drink meth, in water 1 litre/ 8 hr . Not sure what meth did but it sure took out the developing knock. I was beginning to think I had a tear down coming this or next week. But thankfully methealhyydrate saved the day. I haven't heard my Roid run so sweet except for right after tear down. Who woldathunk. I'll still continue using straight water but for those special occasions when the knock starts I'm treating it to a cocktail. Just to remind folks I'm burning wvo sometimes 80% I'll usually add 5 gal jet fuel or diesel to the mix and sometimes to this I'll add 5 gal rug. Fuel for the winter is 7-8 45 gal barrels I have basking in the heat put out by Mr Lister. Im only setteling my oil then pump into barrels, from ther pump it to a day tank, it goes through the lines to an automotive oil filter that I have a 75 watt oil pan heater attached. Then to ip pump and on to injector with a 12 volt line heater just before injector. Seems to work and very little trouble sept for decarboning which I'm fine tuning here.

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Ok I loaded pics of my lath drive .

As far as smelling like diesel No. More like French fries. My wife won't measure detergent and so over uses Gain so you can smell soap on my cloths from 30 feet away much over powering the gentle  fragrance of WVO. I searched the web high and low and there was no body who will admit to ever doing this so I'm pleased to say it will work. I suppose the only ones who would care are the foolish soles who have decided to ignore the grid even though it runs right past my property. It would cost 14,000 to hook up and then we would have 120 month bills for life. If you think that's nut you should see how I power my metal lathe.

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Yah I know and I spray wvo eather  into my rad or at the wall and I can't see if it is dribbling. And there is no gauge.

Pics of new injector http://s106.photobucket.com/user/MRx_04/library/ my new injector is a lot more consistent. Some times with the other one it would choke off and slow down if not stop. Thus the need for sucking. This the water enters from the bottom of the jug and seems a lot more unstoppable the black thing is a valve from drip irrigation . I took the rubber plunger out of the syringe and punched a hole through to fit the dripper valve..I drilled a hole to fit needel coller in 1 1/2 abs which fits the motor intake with a rubber 90. The next is just hooking up hose and your done. Set the drip and you'll see a nice spray from the needle tip. Can't remember gauge of needel think 18 or 22 1 1/2 in. Hope it works well.

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I have had my Listeroid since 2006 and have struggled through a great learning curve. I have done everything I can think of that would have destroyed moste modern day diesels, I ran it out of oil 2-3 times, over heated it a few times ran it with carbon knock for way to long. I seized it up once and had to change the liner. But still she hangs in ther and loves me unconditionally. I have 6350 hr on it so far all this time running on WVO. Last winter I burned 6- 45 gal barrels of wvo. I can not afford to run nice clean diesel in it. So thus I have to put up with carbon residue left behind by my dirty fuel.
   A side note here to let u know how carbonatious this WVO is. I was heating my dog kennel this winter with wvo/jet fuel 50/50 mix. It was burning in an old oil stove of 40s 50s vintage. With diesel or jet fuel normal clean out time of the fire pot would be once month maybe 2 butt with my wvo/jet it was every 4 days and even that was pushing it. I had to make some special clean out tools like miniture fireplace tools to do this. It is just too hard on my vacume.
    Any way guys I'll consider looking at my timing.
   I may hav discovered a new trick. When cleaning out hardend on carbon I noticed that Methyalhydrate would make carbon pop and crackle, not sure but think it releases the bond between the surfaces and loosens it. I tried this yesterday when I shut it down It took only seconds to do I loosened the injector mount and squirted a small syringe of Methyalhydrate in and tightened the injector. Left it a few hr and fired it up. I found there was a great reduction in knock. And an abnormal amount of black smoke for a min or two.