Difference between Diesel #1 & 2
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Difference between Diesel #1 & 2
What is the difference between Diesel #2 or 1? I think that it has something to do with different areas of the world where it has a higher tendency to freeze or somesort?
Can someone set me straight on this curiousity?
Can someone set me straight on this curiousity?
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So I presume that #1 diesel is winter fuel.
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#1 diesel aka kerosine has low parafine(wax) content.
Parafine is used to lubricate the injection pump and the injectors.
#1 was used in the winter time to limit gelling of the fuel.
Parafine is used to lubricate the injection pump and the injectors.
#1 was used in the winter time to limit gelling of the fuel.
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Is heating oil (dyed red but similar to diesel) useable on CDI engines? I asked that because I suspect the rules on heating oil is not as stringent as automobile and truck diesel and has more sulfur.
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Be careful though. This must be very market dependent but even if we used to have heating oil in a form that could be used on diesel engines, that has changed now. It is not only the sulphur content, old engines still accept high sulphur and actually our heating oil too has very low sulphur (perhaps not ULSD level, not sure) but the main issue is lubricants and perhaps some other additional stuff that now has been completely discontinued from heating oil. Our local heating oil should not be used even on very old diesel engines.
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Be careful though. This must be very market dependent but even if we used to have heating oil in a form that could be used on diesel engines, that has changed now. It is not only the sulphur content, old engines still accept high sulphur and actually our heating oil too has very low sulphur (perhaps not ULSD level, not sure) but the main issue is lubricants and perhaps some other additional stuff that now has been completely discontinued from heating oil. Our local heating oil should not be used even on very old diesel engines.
I know of a friend living in rural farming areas with a Powerstroke diesel and a large heating oil tank. He suffered no ill effects though his truck is some 10 years old.
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Here in Europe we call the one with parrafine added 'winter diesel'. All gasstations switch to it around October/November, around the time we put Winter tires on so to say. The parrafine prevents the fuel to start gelling at sub zero temps, I believe below -10C or something...
btw adding kerosine or a little bit of high octane gas is a well known trick to get a 'dirty' diesel through emissions test...
btw adding kerosine or a little bit of high octane gas is a well known trick to get a 'dirty' diesel through emissions test...
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Here in Europe we call the one with parrafine added 'winter diesel'. All gasstations switch to it around October/November, around the time we put Winter tires on so to say. The parrafine prevents the fuel to start gelling at sub zero temps, I believe below -10C or something...
btw adding kerosine or a little bit of high octane gas is a well known trick to get a 'dirty' diesel through emissions test...
btw adding kerosine or a little bit of high octane gas is a well known trick to get a 'dirty' diesel through emissions test...
The place that I work for uses kerosine year round to limit smoke out the pipe, but in return we go thru many injectors and pumps.
By adding high octane gasoline to kerosine you just made jet fuel
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Parrafine is a wax, when it's mixed with diesel fuel it will gell at low temperatures. Winter fuel has lower quantity of parrafine that's why you shouldnt run winter fuel year round.
The place that I work for uses kerosine year round to limit smoke out the pipe, but in return we go thru many injectors and pumps.
By adding high octane gasoline to kerosine you just made jet fuel
The place that I work for uses kerosine year round to limit smoke out the pipe, but in return we go thru many injectors and pumps.
By adding high octane gasoline to kerosine you just made jet fuel
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Parrafine is a wax, when it's mixed with diesel fuel it will gell at low temperatures. Winter fuel has lower quantity of parrafine that's why you shouldnt run winter fuel year round.
The place that I work for uses kerosine year round to limit smoke out the pipe, but in return we go thru many injectors and pumps.
By adding high octane gasoline to kerosine you just made jet fuel
The place that I work for uses kerosine year round to limit smoke out the pipe, but in return we go thru many injectors and pumps.
By adding high octane gasoline to kerosine you just made jet fuel
For winter I plug in the block heater and the engine gets very warm. I have only tried it once. Toronto is not as cold as Alberta.