kerosene in lieu of diesel

[sweep]

Are lubricity additives required for use in your tractor? No, but I recommend them and use them myself.

I have a 2006 TC45A and use on road diesel.

What brand name of lubricants do you recommend?

 

[LBrown59]

I have a 2006 TC45A and use on road diesel.

What brand name of lubricants do you recommend?

Why don't you use off road instead?

Power Service.

 

[thatguy]

So why is it "acceptable" for a private citizen to have a goverment official perform an unreasonable search (tank dipping)?

I see somebody messing around with my fuel tank and there's gonna be a Batman moment {Kazowwie!}.

Not to give you a smart answer.. BUT in VA the Code of Virginia gives them the right to check your tank for untaxed (ie dyed) fuel... The IRS code also give their agents the right.. The DMV agents in VA used to have a pamphlet they gave you advising you of their right to check and your right to refuse.

You can refuse to allow them to dip the tank but they will advise you they fine is $5,000 for the refusal and then ask you again. Then if you say NO, they will ask again and again - each time ringing up $5k... At some point you will end up in handcuffs in back of a Special Agents car as well..

Brian

 

[Ductape]

You can refuse to allow them to dip the tank but they will advise you they fine is $5,000 for the refusal and then ask you again. Then if you say NO, they will ask again and again - each time ringing up $5k... At some point you will end up in handcuffs in back of a Special Agents car as well..

Aaaahhhh yes ! They can't dip your tank without your permission, but failing to give them permission nets you a five thousand dollar fine !!!

God bless America, eh?? !!

 

[thatguy]

Brian can I get a chapter and verse (page number would be OK) citation on the above? I have a '97 3500 Dodge.

Thanks, I'd have never thought an informed source would recommend gasoline to be added to the fuel for a diesel.

I'd love to know what it says and where it says it.

Pat

I dont live near my dad so I dont have access to his owners manual, AND I could very well be wrong - but I remember reading that someplace..

Ill ask him to bring me his owners manual the next time he visits...

Brian

 

[thatguy]

I caught that too.

What's the deal anyhow?

They are checking the highway vehicles going to or coming from the event, NOT the actual nascars..

its easy pickings (more bang for the buck) at an event like that. Just like other similar events like horse/cattle shows, livestock auctions etc..

brian

 

[Skyco]

I have a 2006 TC45A and use on road diesel.

What brand name of lubricants do you recommend?

According to a recent well publicized diesel additive test the cheapest best way to add lubricity is to run about 2% soy biodiesel. What I'm trying to find out is biodiesel made from other feedstocks as good...I found a source for 99% biodiesel to use as an additive but have no idea what it is made from, there may be some soy, but there is almost certainly other things in it as well as animal fat!

 

[thatguy]

Brian can I get a chapter and verse (page number would be OK) citation on the above? I have a '97 3500 Dodge.

Thanks, I'd have never thought an informed source would recommend gasoline to be added to the fuel for a diesel.

I'd love to know what it says and where it says it.

Pat

PatrickG - I stand corrected the dodge owners manual DOES NOT say you can run a gas/diesel mixture in winter...

BUT when I told my dad what I was looking for, he immediately mentioned that the 1981 Isuzu p'up (same as the chevy Luv) manual mentioned you could run up to a 20% gas mix. I thought I read it someplace, it must have been on that diesel truck, but I have no evidence to back it up - the truck was sold years ago..

sorry for any confusion/misinformation

Brian

 

[dfkrug]

PatrickG - I stand corrected the dodge owners manual DOES NOT say you can run a gas/diesel mixture in winter...

BUT when I told my dad what I was looking for, he immediately mentioned that the 1981 Isuzu p'up (same as the chevy Luv) manual mentioned you could run up to a 20% gas mix. I thought I read it someplace, it must have been on that diesel truck, but I have no evidence to back it up -

Hey, Brian:

I also read your post with interest. My neighbor has an old Ford gas PU
with dual tanks and, in an attack of brain damage, he filled one tank with
Diesel. That was 9 mo ago and the truck has been parked since. There
are 25-30 gal of Diesel in there, with some gas mixed in. I was wondering
how tolerant a modern Diesel CUT engine would be to gasoline contamination
and at what percentages. Maybe we could even run an aquarium bubbler
into the tank and evaporate off most of the gas. Anyone have any
thoughts? Saving the Diesel fuel is less of the goal than having to dispose of
the contaminated fuel.

 

[thatguy]

Hey, Brian:

I also read your post with interest. My neighbor has an old Ford gas PU
with dual tanks and, in an attack of brain damage, he filled one tank with
Diesel. That was 9 mo ago and the truck has been parked since. There
are 25-30 gal of Diesel in there, with some gas mixed in. I was wondering
how tolerant a modern Diesel CUT engine would be to gasoline contamination
and at what percentages. Maybe we could even run an aquarium bubbler
into the tank and evaporate off most of the gas. Anyone have any
thoughts? Saving the Diesel fuel is less of the goal than having to dispose of
the contaminated fuel.

Knowing what I know now, I dont think i would risk running that diesel in anything of mine.. Maybe you could add some sort of lubricant to make up for the gas being added I would try it.. BUT I would want to have someone that really knows their stuff to confirm that it would not do any harm. $120 of wasted fuel is cheaper than an engine or fuel pump..

Brian