Oledirtypearl86
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Also wind chill don't affect motors like you would think got to take into consideration humidity that hurts diesels big time even when frozen
I think they start switching to blended fuel in October around here. What people don't realize is that despite the fact that they may live farther south than I do and the weather may stay warmer for way longer there then it does here, since there is no way to tell where a diesel powered vehicle may be going, the fuel has to be blended there too. Now small, local gas stations may do this at different times than truck stops do. Even in southern California, southern Texas, and southern Florida I'll bet that the fuel is blended by this time of the year, at least in truck stops.@IDIBRONCO and @Farmer Rock your Probibly getting #2 winter blend by now I dose all my diesels. Starting Oct and last winter I was faithfully running my 86 f350 with A 6.9 at -35* f and on #2 winter blend and dosed but normal untreated winter blend diesel can jell at -10.
When I worked at a BioDiesel plant several years ago, we 'inherited' several jars of the red dye. The stuff was ridiculously concentrated, something like 1 quart per 10,000 gallons of fuel! I was warned to not get it on anything, as it's nearly impossible to remove.
I was also warned to not ever run red dyed diesel in my pickup, as the residue may cause it to appear positive if tested by the State Troopers and such.
I just ran B99 in my F-250, no dye and no worries!
Eli
does off road diesel have more sulfer in it because off road vehicles dont have DPFs or is all diesel sold now that 15ppm BS
I would think homemade bio diesel or waste oil would have the same problem since you are not paying taxes on it.
All new Diesel engines over 25hp (with perhaps the exception of marine engines) have too meet emissions standards. That means DPF’s. So it all has to be ULSDdoes off road diesel have more sulfer in it because off road vehicles dont have DPFs or is all diesel sold now that 15ppm BS
All newer equipment have def and dpf filters and run through def like crazydoes off road diesel have more sulfer in it because off road vehicles dont have DPFs or is all diesel sold now that 15ppm BS
It has to do with how much vehicles tear up the roads. Semis do more road damage than our IDIs, so Arizona charges them a higher fuel tax, which goes towards roads.
Here diesel is not taxed at the pump for any vehicle - rather the govt charges for a distance licence which varies depending on the weight band you fall into.
Something like an idi f250 would fall between 3.5 ton and 6 ton so would pay 8.2 cents per Km (under 3.5 ton glw it's 7.6 cents/km) , a full size 4 axle truck with a 5 axle trailer would come in at just over 60 cents per km.
Where this gets creative is in the under 3.5 ton range as those vehicles buy there road tax (ruc) based on the odometer reading .......... if you ever come to NZ and purchase a light diesel vehicle make sure you take the odo reading with a grain of salt lol.