Re: R711 (and other WCR stuff)

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au>]

Stuart Thyer wrote in message ...
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>As for oil, what type.  Sure you can burn anything, but good quality oil
>is not cheap, cruddy sump oil may contain solids that can block oil
>injectors and the 'real stuff' the very thick bunker oil that used to be
>utilised is probably no longer available.  Sure you can burn distillate or
>virtually anything else, but thats like saying lets fire the K's on
>briquettes,  there is a right and a wrong fuel for every application.
>
>We'll lean on the shovel for a while longer yet


Isn't bunker oil what is used in ships, and would therefore be still
available? The name bunker comes from the steam ship days when coal was kept
in bunkers on the ship.
Regards,
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Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au