OHNO60 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 HAVE ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN ANY CONCERNS CAUSED BY RED DIESEL FUEL? MORE SPECIFIC IN THE 6.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Amacker Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 It's highly unlikely red fuel will cause any performance problems with a 6.0 Almost all diesel fuel sold these days is LSD or ULSD, whether it's dyed red or not. Even if you ran high sulfur diesel in a 6.0, the worst that could happen is to contaminate or plug the cat. If it's plugged, you'd catch it in the EP pid. Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DwayneGorniak Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 all across Canada, the dyed fuel is at the ULSD level. Every pump across this country is at ULSD. Don't know how it is for you folks down yonder though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I don't know about the rest of the country but here in Michigan the red diesel is for off road use only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony302600 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 ford sent out a ssm saying colors of fuels dont matter anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I found this for you northerners, What is ultra low sulphur diesel fuel? Ultra low sulphur diesel fuel (ULSD) is fuel that contains less than 15 parts per million sulphur. It is usually used for on-road applications. Since Sept. 1, 2006, all on-road diesel fuel in Canada must be ULSD. What is regular sulphur diesel fuel? Regular sulphur diesel fuel (RSD) is fuel that contains less than 5,000 parts per million (0.5 wt %) sulphur, but greater than 500 parts per million (0.05 wt %). It is usually used in off-road applications such as farming, forestry and marine. As of Oct.1, 2007, regular sulphur diesel fuel will contain less than 500 parts per million (0.05 wt%) sulphur. How can I tell if diesel fuel is ultra low sulphur or regular sulphur? All on-highway diesel fuel sold in Canada is ultra low sulphur. Since dyed or marked off-road diesel fuel may be regular sulphur or ultra low sulphur, ask your local supplier about the sulphur content of its off-road diesel fuel. In Western Canada, all Petro-Canada diesel fuels sold for off-road use are normally ultra low sulphur. For us in the south I found this bit of info, http://www.chevron.com/products/prodserv/fuels/diesel/non_road_diesel.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 The biggest concern we see with dyed fuel is the storage.... Straight from the bulk supplier, this stuff is often OTR fuel that has dye added when it is loaded on to the delivery truck. But, when it gets to the other end.... Water is the biggest concern (along with algae, maybe a product mix or two thrown in for good measure). One recent customer was running low on fuel out in the patch and mooched some of a guy with a tidy tank in the back of his truck (I think you guys call them jockey tanks)... There was maybe a half inch of fuel in the filter bowl on this 7.3 and the rest was water.... Bad enough that this can happen with small storage.... Once we get out to "Green Acres" or some construction sites, things can go real bad real fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Quote: Bad enough that this can happen with small storage.... Once we get out to "Green Acres" or some construction sites, things can go real bad real fast. That is the one thing that training instructors and my own experience have impressed upon me with dyed fuel. The increased possibility that it may have come from less than favorable storage and handling. Water, dirt, rust, used engine oil, chemicals are all bad things and can be easily dumped into a sitting tank on a job site or corporate/fleet/farm fuel tank. Most of the time, it's good clean fuel but it still deserves scrutiny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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