Originally Posted By: KGMtech
Big Oil is going to love Trump. My money says your low sulphur stuff is destined to wait until the next, next President Elect.
Keep politics out of this. Anyone with the slightest idea about chemical processes shoukd realize that the capital investment, integration, etc takes a long time.
Because theres far less risk for this and legacy equipment, compared to diesels, its just not inportant. This one really is better for all.
Originally Posted By: DoubleWasp
Low sulfur fuel allows for the use of catalysts that would otherwise be fouled by the sulfur content. This is why GDI cars in the US have not been using the traditional Euro-GDI lean-burn arrangement. High sulfur US fuel would have destroyed the cats they use to combat the high Nox that comes along with it.
Exactly!
Originally Posted By: TiredTrucker
And I haven't seen any real evidence that it really makes any difference outside of the lab. I have seen engines go 1.4 million miles on 500ppm diesel, getting 30,000 mile oil changes, on oil that was 2 API classes ago, and they still ran great. I haven't seen any appreciable evidence that 15ppm diesel and CJ-4 oil has improved on that much, if at all.
True, it does reduce tailpipe sulfer issues, but that is about it. For gasoline, I am not convinced it will be any different than diesel experience.
You wouldnt. TBN and OCI was set to account for high sulfur. Go to ULSD, you loose some of the lubricity elements (which there are additives to fix that), but also got rid of a lot of the soot precursors that cause wear.
Lower sulfur is a win all around for ga$$ers, and still decent for diesels as lomg as lubricity is maintained.