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Tractor vaporising oil
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<p>Tractor vaporising oil (TVO) is a fuel for <a href="/facts/Petrol-paraffin_engine/3JB9RGEN">petrol-paraffin engines</a>. It is seldom made or used today. In the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a> and <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a>, after the <a href="/facts/Second_World_War/2efV5L1U">Second World War</a>, it was commonly used for <a href="/facts/Tractor/gNc7kb4a">tractors</a> until <a href="/facts/Diesel_engine/9B9opxvA">diesel engines</a> became commonplace, especially from the 1960s onward. In <a href="/facts/Australian_English/S1qgz29t">Australian English</a> it was known as power kerosene. </p>