Red Dyed Diesel

[sandman2234]

I remember when they used blue dye for off road, but it didn't last long, just a few years before they realized red dye shows up better! (and typical of our guberment, they passed a law requiring red to be used) Must have been a political move to get rid of blue and take over by the reds?
David from jax

 

[rontaki]

I remember when they used blue dye for off road, but it didn't last long, just a few years before they realized red dye shows up better! (and typical of our guberment, they passed a law requiring red to be used) Must have been a political move to get rid of blue and take over by the reds?
David from jax

Now if they could only dye it red, white and blue!

 

[zzvyb6]

I remember when they used blue dye for off road, but it didn't last long, just a few years before they realized red dye shows up better! (and typical of our guberment, they passed a law requiring red to be used) Must have been a political move to get rid of blue and take over by the reds?
David from jax

Had to stop using blue because Sunoco already was adding blue to their 240 & 260 blends of gasoline. Thus to keep you from putting aircraft strength gas into a diesel tank.

 

[workinonit]

When did they start adding dye? When I was a kid there was no dyed fuel. Maybe it did turn blue at some point but not red. I don't remember red fuel un till much later.