Re: [MVlist] Fuel Question Not the same anymore

From: Douglas Greville (dgrev@iinet.net.au)
Date: Tue Oct 05 2004 - 20:11:30 PDT


Wayne

> same. The fuel at the pump maked "Highway Diesel #2" means that the sulfur
> level is approved for highway use and catalytic converters. Diesel #2 is
> heavier than #1. It also (usually) has lower Cetane and more heat energy per
> gallon than #1.

When I was at Bovington Tank Museum in 1999 they were having no end of
trouble with their M60 as they could only buy "low sulfur" diesel due
to the new British laws. It was suffering from a severe case of no
guts and wouldn't climb the knife edge. I don't know if they managed
to re-tune it or not to run on the low sulfur stuff. I do know they
said it was incredible the difference between the 2 types of diesel.

Regards
Doug

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