[Vwdiesel] Diesel Aircrafts ????? old hat you bet. (fwd)

[Gary, Orlando]

JP-5 is what the Navy uses at sea. All aircraft and support equipment.
Though, there are a few mogas tractors still kicking about on land
bases.

JP-5 runs great in a VW diesel. Not that I would know(wink wink;grin
grin) We generated about 10gals a night doing visual fuel samples(water,
organic matter, suspended solids) Nothing a good Bosch fuel filter
wouldn't filter out.

I don't have cold hard facts, but lubricity shouldn't be a problem. This
fuel passes through pretty complicated and intricate ECU's and
HMU's(envision auto tranny valve bodies) in the process of feeding and
controlling T700 turbines. But it wouldn't be a bad idea to use a good
quality additive anyway.


-Gary, Orlando





On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 10:18, Harmon Seaver wrote:
>    Jet-A is also what the US military and NATO are switching to for everything,
> even bikes. No more gasoline engined vehicles for them, and Jet-A as the only
> fuel.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 12:25:55AM -0500, Val Christian wrote:
> > > But,  1 question for any of you in the know more than I,  When burning
> > > Jet-A  (that's very refined diesel fuel for you non-aviation guys)  do
> > > the piston engines require an additive to lube the pump or has that
> > > problem been engineered out?
> >
> > In short, no need for an additional additive.
> >
> > Limited first hand emphirical evidence...the local airport owner has used
> > Jet-A for well over a decade in his construction and snow removal
> > equipment without any pump problems.  Numerous other reports show no
> > maintenance based problems with JetA.
> >
> > I put a high weighting factor on the local airport operator, as I am
> > very familiar with his operation, and the hours he's put on his
> > equipment.
> >
> > There are also specs on JetA, which will verify lubrication properties,
> > if you want to verify numbers.
> >
> >
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