Running on Kerasine

disco dan · May 25, 2008

i live in deepest darkest cumbria and i got me tank dipped just a few weeks ago ( i was driving past a cattle market at the time ) i guess they were trying to catch the farmers using the tractor fuel, i never saw any electronic devices though, just a plastic squeezy bottle with a hose attatched, and as there was less than a quarter of a tank he couldn't get a sample anyway

stig · May 25, 2008

me eldest sprog got dipped whilst in her 90, tuk a sample and then put some onto 2 plastic dishes then they dipped different papers into each sample to check wot colour the paper turned to (the old litmus paper test), fortunately she had stopped usin kero the week before.

wreckhunter · May 26, 2008

I know somebody who used to mix kero 50/50 with deisel and never had any problems,the reason he mixed it was he was told that kero wouldn't lubricate the pump internals ect if used neat.Whether this is true or not i don't know.

discomania · May 26, 2008

pindie said:
I thought that it was the lubricity that lubricates the pump not viscosity as that roughly speaking is its thickness. This is why properly made bio diesel is better for your pump than even low sulphur diesel as it is the sulphur that does the lubrication. Hence when it is low sulphur it makes it low lubrication so they now add 5% bio to add lubricity.

Problem with bio is there are to many dodgy poor quality bios available in this country. Germany sell gallons of the stuff and VW will give a full manufacturers warranty even on bio so this must prove bio is not bad.

An important property of a liquid used for lubrication is its viscosity; so by definition kero is not a good lubricant, whereas something like motor oil which is much more viscous is.

BioDiesel is close to the viscosity of Diesel whereas Kero is much more viscous and has no lubricity.

Kerosene, when not being used as a heating oil or fuel can be used to clean, it has very high solvent properties; solvents are not good at lubricating.

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