[Vwdiesel] Low Sulfer Diesel Blamed for School Closings

[James Hansen]

Depends on how old the tractor is.
real old stuff doesn't care how greasy or non-greasy it is... the 
injection pressures and pump tolerances are very forgiving, and it's 
dumping the stuff in by the comparative bucketfull, so pump piston 
cooling isn't an issue either.  I would want to watch egt pretty close 
for the first bit in a higher pressure injection system like the VE pumps.
-James

Justin and Michella Bennett wrote:
> Jet A.  Just make sure you put a little lube in it.  Have to admit that 
> I haven't been brave enough to mix much above 3 gallons of diesel to 1 
> gallon of Jet A, along with some 2 stroke oil.  Wait until I have better 
> instrumentation on one of the diesels before I get to carried away with 
> hotter mixes.  One of the guys at work runs almost straight Jet in an IH 
> tractor.
> Justin
>>  
>>
>>   Then there was that one year when the jar of #2 on the 
>> shop bench was about the consistecy of that stuff surrounding 
>> a canned ham and the #1 had long, sliver-like crystals and 
>> was noticeably thickened.  (the shop was under a normal temp. 
>> heated house.)  When I saw that I didn't trust 80/20 blends on 
>> the trip we were taking and I was even a bit leary of straight 
>> #1!  Drove nearly 3K miles at mostly -25F +/- with no hitches 
>> other than when we inexplicably lost coolant.  THAT was 
>> scary!!!  Refilled it and it didn't drop again but I did pull the 
>> head gasket when we got home just to be sure/safe.
>>   Nothing quite like the prospect of freezing up at 30 below!
>>      Loren
>>
>>
>>   
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