[Vwdiesel] Jet A for diesel engines

[Justin and Michella Bennett]

When my dad was in the Coast Guard the USS Balsam was based out of NAS 
Adak.  The only fuel available was jet fuel.  Every time they fueled 
they would dump a 55 gal. barrel of engine oil in otherwise the 
injectors would seize.  The other problem was that jet fuel and salt 
water is a good bacteria growing solution.  They would get big mats of 
gunk that would break loose in rough seas and shut down an engine.  The 
last time I ran Jet A in the 'burb the mix was 1 qt two stroke oil to 10 
gal of fuel.  Still a little hot on the oil side, but the truck really 
liked it.  Had the cruise set and actually noticed an improvement as the 
Jet A and two stroke oil started thru.  With the turbo'd engines I am 
not planning on running straight Jet until I have an egt gage.
Justin

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> 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
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