Super Low Sulphur Diesel and Cat engines???
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10-26-2006, 15:11
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Super Low Sulphur Diesel and Cat engines???
I hear ya Doug. I always fill up at Flying J and when I checked their site
last there was only about three dozen stations that had ULSD. That will all change pretty quick I think so I'm going to stock up on some ATF this week. On 26/10/06, Doug Engel > > Rob, Thanks for the input. The ATF will help with lubricity, but I don't > know that it alone will compensate for the new diesel formula. If that's > your plan, put it in now, becasue you're already running ULSD, it was a > federally mandated change that took effect August 1st. > Doug > > Rob Robinson > When I start to use that Ultra Low Sulphur I'm throwing in ATF with each > fillup. I think someone said that two quarts per 300 gallons of fuel > should > do it. > > On 26/10/06, doug_ngl > > > > Howdy again, Thanks for the help with my locked safe issue. Now I know > > you just stand back and throw 450.00 at it and it will open. > > Now on to my next question/topic. I own and operate a gas > > station/tire store in Gunnison Colorado and have been talking to > > various fuel suppliers and addative distributors about ultra low > > sulphur diesel and winterizing this fuel. Most are saying that due to > > the differences in the chemical makeup, getting this fuel to reach a > > CFPP lower than -25 to -30F is going to be a problem (at lesat in > > Gunnison it will be). Availibility of #1 diesel to thin it is supposed > > to be a problem this winter as well, not to mention that this approach > > apparently no longer has the same favorable effect that it used to. > > So today while talking to a new rep, he mentioned the low lubricity > > of the ULSD and the problems older diesel engines, Cats were noted, > > have running this stuff. He noted injector pump failure specifically. > > Anyone have any input or experience they can share? Thanks gang, Doug > > Engel in Gunnison, Co. '81 FC35SB > > > > > > > > -- > Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson > 94 WLWB > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson 94 WLWB [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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