Lubricity

[IslandTractor]

I've heard from a reliable source that John Deere has had problems with injectors that they traced back to the fuel used. Apparently it was a biofuel although I don't know what percentage. The problem I heard was that the bio part of the fuel was made with a combination of plant and animal matter. The plane matter was supposed to be ok but the part that was made from animal parts is supposedly what caused the injector failures. I've tried to find links to it on the web but no-go.

Has anybody else heard of this?

Sure. Reported in JAMA a few years ago. Cholesterol plaques cause stenosis of the injectors. :laughing:

 

[High Compression]

I have been using a blend of biodiesel ever since the U.S. went to ultra low sulfur diesel. I use 20%-50% depending on temps. (bio gels easier) My diesel mechanic showed me the difference between an engine with bio and one without. It was astounding! I will be running bio or an additive until they change diesel fuel again.

 

[drmac]

And according to the Journal of Creative Cardiology it's OK to do an injectoplasty--BUT DON'T TRY A STENT!

I just sit back in air-conditioned comfort and realize that I'm too old to die prematurely.

DrMac

 

[rd_macgregor]

At the risk of introducing another whole topic of discussion, I wonder how all this lubricity discussion applies to those operators who use furnace fuel oil in their tractors. Some claim furnace oil is identical to road diesel, except for the dye (ie, =off road diesel), but others question this assertion.
Do any of you really KNOW how furnace oil stacks up against regular pump diesel? Or maybe furnace oil is too variable/unpredictable in composition to be trustworthy for motor fuel use?
BOB

 

[quiturcrying]

KIOTI stance is 5% Bio-Diesel. Bio-diesel does have a shelf life so it is not good for "Hobby Farmers". Be reminded, soy based bio-diesel has a tendancy to asorb water!!! We all know how great that is for a fuel system!

 

[VictorW]

Do any of you really KNOW how furnace oil stacks up against regular pump diesel? Or maybe furnace oil is too variable/unpredictable in composition to be trustworthy for motor fuel use?
BOB[/QUOTE]

A friend used it for years in his smaller ford diesel tractor. He finally sold it and went bigger but told me he never had a problem. I did question it like you and just go to the pump for my fuel.

 

[rd_macgregor]

Here furnace oil is about $0.20/l cheaper than diesel fuel, so a savings of about $0.75/USgal. That would add up to quite a big savings over the course of a year UNLESS it damaged the engine! I hate paying a road tax for fuel that's burned only in my fields and woods.
BOB

 

[o2batsea]

This thread is not any less dumb now than when it started.

 

[IslandTractor]

This thread is not any less dumb now than when it started.

That's your second dumbest post on this thread. Give up and crawl back into your hole.

 

[EMB5530]

That's your second dumbest post on this thread. Give up and crawl back into your hole.

Well said:laughing: