From: James Shanks (n1vbn@bit-net.com)
Date: Tue Feb 17 2004 - 23:45:02 PST
My Neighbor use to run a 1980 VW Diesel with noting but Jet A from work, he
was a command pilot of a Flying Tiger 747F, he would siphon off the top 3
gallons from each Jerry can lined up along the hanger wall. The cans were
used for draining off the moisture from each fuel cell. When he got to a
1/4 tank he would toss in a half pint of ATF fluid for lubrication of the
rotary fuel pump. Just fer chuckles the rotary fuel pump is the same type
used in the Multifuel, the Pilot put over 400,000 miles on it before he
retired. The only Diesel it saw was what the factory put in it.
James Shanks
n1vbn@arrl.net
1998 IMZ 8.103
1984 HD FLHT-C
At 05:02 PM 2/17/2004, Sean Nichols wrote:
>Back in the day... when I drove a jet fuel truck, the guys told me that
>in a pinch, we could run Jet A in the straight diesel road trucks we
>had. The catch was, as they explained it, Jet A doesn't have the
>lubrication properties that diesel has (oil), and would as a result in
>increased wear in the engine and cause a "lean" condition and
>engine/exhaust temps would be higher. They said never run it on
>straight Jet A, but a mix once in a while was ok.
>
>I tried it once, when I was out in the boonies chasing our helicopter to
>a fire. I was running low on diesel, and the little fuel stop I found
>wouldn't take my company credit card. So I fired up my pump, and
>transferred about 15 gallons. Sure enough, the truck ran just fine...
>in fact, it acted as if I had put race fuel in it. It really pulled the
>mountain pass I was on with ease, and got me to the next little town
>where I could get diesel.
>
>But the guys in the shop would run their kerosene flame heaters in the
>shop on Jet A all day long. It was cheaper than K-1 too.
>
>Dunno how the deuce would like it, but I would imagine it would be a
>similar deal.
>
>My $0.02 worth.
>
>Sean Nichols
>'42 IHC FFN-3 Crash Truck
>'71 AM General M-35A2
>
>
>
>Dave Brubaker wrote:
> >
> > Isn't it true that a multifuel engine will run on Jet A fuel OK?
> > Will any diesel engine run on it, multi fuel or not?
> > Are there any problems with doing this, multifuel or standard diesel?
> > Isn't Jet A like Diesel #1?
> > I know it doesn't have any of the summer or winter fuel mix things
> going on,
> > but other than that......
> >
> > Thanks for any light that can be thrown on this!
> > ==========================================
> > David Brubaker
> > MVPA # 18115
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