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also blend of #2 and #1 can give you a service rating to - 15 but unless its blended properly the heavier product can settle out over the long term.
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Yes you are lucky. Thanks for rubbing it in !!! I cannot remember the last time I saw 50 cetane fuel up here. Ever since the Feds mandated that "all" diesel fuel sold must meet the Ultra Low Sulphur standard, that dried up my off-road diesel supply.Howdy,
I am lucky to have a Southern States SuperGold® premium diesel fuel here at 50 cetane.
500 gallon Off-road farm tank just filled the day before Harvey hit.
Where are you buying "Jet-A" fuel from ?I live just below the arctic circle maybe I can be of some help just look at Nome Alaska on the map. we run #1 ulsd in the winter will will be making the swap over here in the next month if you have a non dpf engine look at jet-a still has the sulfur in it it will have a lower c tain rating but you can boost it up a bit with additive and jet -a will flow at - 50 used be before the ulsd requirement jet-a was our winter fuel. for a stand by generator I would run jet a year around and on the smaller engines you wont notice power or any real fuel economy difference. step up the big engines like a triple 7 haul truck or a 5 meg power plant and the difference becomes pretty noticeable in my 6 b cumming I could not feel the difference and only barely notice the mileage difference
Is the marine diesel they sell here in PNW any higher cetane? I understand it to be pure diesel, no bio in it.Yes you are lucky. Thanks for rubbing it in !!! I cannot remember the last time I saw 50 cetane fuel up here. Ever since the Feds mandated that "all" diesel fuel sold must meet the Ultra Low Sulphur standard, that dried up my off-road diesel supply.
The Air Force has it, and I would think the air lines use it too.Where are you buying "Jet-A" fuel from ?
Suppose its better you found this detail, versus one of the chain you called....Had I read the -12 book again, it was plainly listed in a table in the back of the book, as an authorized fuel . Jet-A1 is normal jet fuel, JP-8 with inhibitors to prevent freezing up at very high altitudes. Nothing more.
My 831 and 802 only listed D1/2, JP8. Had to wiki that one myself. Never knew what any of the JP #s stood for. Neat history. Just had to go 100 hrs. Straight here in Cape Coral/Ft. Myers due to Irma. The neighbors sure were impressed! All shutting down at night to conserve fuel. While the "good guys" were drinking cold ones in A/C 24/7!
I may have found an answer to my question on marine diesel under the Wiki on Jet fuel:Is the marine diesel they sell here in PNW any higher cetane? I understand it to be pure diesel, no bio in it.
HowdyI may have found an answer to my question on marine diesel under the Wiki on Jet fuel:
"...The introduction of Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel or ULSD brought with it the need for lubricity modifiers. Pipeline diesels before ULSD were able to contain up to 500*ppm of sulfur and was called Low Sulfur Diesel or LSD. In the United States LSD is now only available to the off-road construction, locomotive and marine markets. As more EPA regulations are introduced, more refineries are hydrotreating their jet fuel production, thus limiting the lubricating abilities of jet fuel, as determined by ASTM Standard D445."
Wiki Reference (everything you wanted to know about Jet fuel and then some!):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_fuel#JP-5
Yes. I was just getting ready to comment when I read your last post. My neighbor is a fuel delivery guy. He told me all the diesel is the same now. Just dyed for tax purposes. Sorry to say, but Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel is here to stay. We all need to add additives to our diesel vehicles and equipment from now on, as the oil companies will not spend another penny on it to make it better if the government doesn't make them do it.
Thanks for pointing out that that the referenced WIKI section referring to ULSD is out of date except for Locomotive use. Also, thanks for your diesel fuel summary as it stands today! However, it does not account for States that have additional fuel requirements such as Oregon and Washington (there may be others) that have passed laws that mandated that X% BioDiesel be added to both Road Diesel AND Offroad Diesel. The only exception from the BioDiesel requirement, at least in Oregon is Marine Diesel. I guess the reason that Marine diesel is exempt from the addition of the BioDiesel requirement is that, from my understanding, BioDiesel when exposed to water in fuel becomes quite corrosive.The only authorized use of the older diesel 3000ppm is for Locomotives. Ya can't get it anymore.