Do people use addatives in there diesel

blue beasty · May 1, 2018

Nodge68 said:
That's not correct. Paraffin and the lighter kerosene are both light weight lubricating oils and are used as such in many applications including the high pressure oil pump of oil burning boilers.

Also, if ya pour it all over it makes yer paintwork shiny, prevents it from raining AND increases yer chances of getting off wiv a hot alien

Stuart hall · May 1, 2018

Isn't aircraft fuel basically kerosene ?

Nodge68 · May 1, 2018

Stuart hall said:
Isn't aircraft fuel basically kerosene ?

Yep aviation fuel is Kerosene. And it's used as home heating oil. And a diesel engine will run just fine on it and so will my Lister D type if I mix it 50/50 with petrol. And it's in most spray on lubricants.

Stuart hall · May 1, 2018

I have a quantity of used cooking oil, it's really just to dispose of it not for financial reasons, I was thinking of adding literally the odd litre or two to my nearly full tank.
If I strain it carefully do you think it'll do any harm ?

jamesmartin · May 1, 2018

Nodge68 said:
That's not correct. Paraffin and the lighter kerosene are both light weight lubricating oils and are used as such in many applications including the high pressure oil pump of oil burning boilers.

technically paraffin does have some but so does water,but nowhere near enough for a diesel engine injection system,if you wanted to use cheap fuel youd use red diesel

jamesmartin · May 1, 2018

Nodge68 said:
Yep aviation fuel is Kerosene. And it's used as home heating oil. And a diesel engine will run just fine on it and so will my Lister D type if I mix it 50/50 with petrol. And it's in most spray on lubricants.

its really poor advice extolling the user of kerosene in a diesel especially a more modern system

Stuart hall · May 1, 2018

I think we agree, it's just a point it would probably run ok especially as I was referring to a few years back when my diesel was fitted with a choke !

Nodge68 · May 1, 2018

jamesmartin said:
its really poor advice extolling the user of kerosene in a diesel especially a more modern system

I'm not advising people to use kerosene instead of diesel as that would be illegal. I said a diesel will run just fine on it. In reality a diesel will run on pretty much any slow burning liquid fuel, including cooking oil. The long term reliability of a common rail engine is questionable, but run it will.

jamesmartin · May 1, 2018

Nodge68 said:
I'm not advising people to use kerosene instead of diesel as that would be illegal. I said a diesel will run just fine on it. In reality a diesel will run on pretty much any slow burning liquid fuel, including cooking oil. The long term reliability of a common rail engine is questionable, but run it will.

you might get away for a time with a inline injection pump and an engine might run on it but it will bugger your pump and injectors

Stuart hall · May 1, 2018

I'm going to give it a whirl, IF I can drain all the crud out first maybe through a cloth etc, I will add two litres to a 3/4 tank and see how it goes.
It's only as I have to pay to get the old oil picked up, this way I will use it up as I go along.
I can already see the told you so replies lol.

Nodge68 · May 1, 2018

Stuart hall said:
I'm going to give it a whirl, IF I can drain all the crud out first maybe through a cloth etc, I will add two litres to a 3/4 tank and see how it goes.
It's only as I have to pay to get the old oil picked up, this way I will use it up as I go along.
I can already see the told you so replies lol.

If you filter it through a muslin cloth and only add it in concentrations of 10% or so, it should be fine. It's only a vegetable based mineral oil, not to dissimilar to 2 stroke oil. It'll smell like a chip shop, but it's not going do much harm to an L series diesel.

Stuart hall · May 1, 2018

Nodge68 said:
If you filter it through a muslin cloth and only add it in concentrations of 10% or so, it should be fine. It's only a vegetable based mineral oil, not to dissimilar to 2 stroke oil. It'll smell like a chip shop, but it's not going do much harm to an L series diesel.

Thanks Nodge, it's only had light use it's sunflower oil so I'm doing my bit for recycling !

The Mad Hat Man · May 1, 2018

make sure yu carry a new fuel filter (s) as it will tend to clean any crud out of the system.

Stuart hall · May 1, 2018

The Mad Hat Man said:
make sure yu carry a new fuel filter (s) as it will tend to clean any crud out of the system.

Thanks for the tip, if and when I can find a decent mechanic I'm going to have a oil and filter service, as my diesel filter is on the bulkhead does it just unscrew like an oil filter ? If I can unscrew it is there a procedure to bleed the system ?

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