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Teague de La Plaine
Tampa, FL, USA
More User info Skipper Large Sailboat Level III
Status: Sailor
Qualified days: 76

Other names for fuel around the world

Posted 2024, Feb 12 16:44

Other names for gasoline include: petrol (CANZUK), benzin (Germany), benzine (Netherlands), benzyna (Poland), benzina (Italy), essence (France), gasolina (Spain), qiyou (China), xang dau (Vietnam), namman (Laos), sang (Cambodia), dharatse (Myanmar), namanbensin (Thailand), gas or petrol (Nigeria), lasantsy (Madagascar), essence (Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria), benzene or bencina (Chile), naphtha (Argentina) Other names for diesel include: gas oil/gasoil or gazole (EU), distillate (Australia), solar (Indonesia, Israel).

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Dorian Swerdlow
White Plains, NY, USA
More User info Captain Level V
Status: Really Big Time Sailor
Qualified days: 219

Some old diesel engines don't have a closed cooling system

Posted 2024, Dec 09 17:08

I sail a Newport 28 from the 1980s with a Universal 5411 diesel engine. It cools the engine directly with raw water. I realize that this is now unusual, but it does exist.

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