Running tractor on Kerosene?

[slow wrench]

The manual for my 1984 peugeot turbo diesel, sez you can add up to 20% kerosene in cold weather.Ive never felt the need to,and would not want to try it with modern diesel fuel.

 

[RichardM]

Kerosine is a (refinery) cut above diesel. It is lower in viscosity, and higher in volitility. It will run well in almost any diesel engine but there are advantages and drawbacks. Advantage is better flow at low temperatures with kero blends, and easier starting. Disadvantage is (mentioned above) poorer lubricity, which is reported to cause injector and pump wear. I've never seen this actually documented, just "war stories". It does, however, have a lower "heating value" which means a gal of kero has less potential energy than a gal of diesel. This translates to poorer fuel economy. The more kero blended, the worse the fuel mileage. As far as I know, major fuel suppliers still make "winter blends" using kero. (No. 1 diesel is kero and kero is jet fuel. #2 diesel is same as heating oil)

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

The usual blend here in way north WI is 60/40 blend during the coldest part of winter. I suspect they are using #1 heating oil and not K1 for this blend.

Seems to work well.

Good luck

 

[sd455dan]

Around here kerosine comes dyed for off road and clear for on-road. Usually the stuff at the pumps is off road since I think it's rare to see anyone blending kerosine with diesel for winter use. I ran a 50/50 mix of it for one summer because I had too much left over from winter. Didn't have any problems but the engines sure start quick. I would use an additive that will add a lubricant to the fuel.

In our area they sell dyed (red) Off road diesel- but it is the same as standard #2 ulsd except they don't charge the tax that is tacked on to on road diesel, and you can't run it in on road diesels because the state wants their tax money...