[Vwdiesel] Low Sulfer Diesel Blamed for School Closings

[Val Christian]

I've run my 91 Jetta NA, and an 84 Rabbit NA, on straight JetA, 
mixed with trace amounts of other sump drainings (2380 oil???)

The JetA has a ULS exemption, and even new JetA may have 500 ppm 
Sulfer in it.

Val


> 
> 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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