I know that ULS diesel is bad for about every part of the fuel system in older diesels... Is there anything we can add to our fuel to prevent premature/very expensive repairs? Thanks in advance for any opinions.
2007-01-24 07:36:30 · 5 answers · asked by David P 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Sulfur is in crude oil. You don't want in your engine any time. It is not added to fuel but is hard to remove. Sulfur creates acid rain so the lower the better.
2007-01-24 07:48:06 · answer #1 · answered by Lab 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The removal of sulfur was done because it quickly destroys modern diesel pollution control equipment.
The process of removing sulfur also breaks down some of the longer molecules responsible for lubrication of pumping equipment.
Supposedly, fuel companies add in substitutes for these. I personally use an additive, just to be safe.
Don't mistake this with the problems of biodiesel in older cars, which, due to it being a better solvent, can degrade fuel lines, and loosen any deposits in the fuel system.
2007-01-24 15:27:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you know where thewre is a truck stop you can find additives to add to your fuel that helps replace lubricants lost from the low sulpher> some is called Howes &Howes add it to your diesel when you fill up . IM sure with the growing concern of ULSD hurting fuel systems , just wait a while and im sure the big OIl companys will be glad to sell you some as well. Boy sounds like something else working in their favor. Im seeing a pattern here
2007-01-27 10:33:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kerosene is supposed to be pure iso-decane but like all petroleum distillates has a variable content. Diesel started out as kerosene and over the years, additives were tossed in to better suit the engines and the actual blend was allowed to be "dirtier" as it didn't need to be as pure as kerosene. Low sulfur diesel isn't going to be as nasty and smelly as the stuff we had before but will still have more additives than kerosene does. There's no guarantee that any of those additives would be safe to burn indoors as there's no requirement for them to be safe under those circumstances and there's certainly been no testing of them with indoor space heaters so technically you shouldn't risk using diesel with an indoor space heater. Now an outdoors kerosene camp stove or kerosene lantern would be another matter and some are even advertised to use automotive diesel fuel s well as kerosene.
2016-03-29 00:38:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is talk of additives you can put in your tank, we will haft to see where that goes.
2007-01-25 12:46:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋