Kerosene in diesel hard on engine oil?

[cak446]

Don't worry about the kerosene. The old timers up here used to thin out oil with kerosene during the winter. I have seen my grandpa do it a few times with his 88 6.2L Diesel. That truck is still running strong.


Carl

 

[Ken2]

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Originally posted by Marshall Booth:
All of My Mercedes diesels and the ones I've owned in the past were rated to run on #1 or #2 diesel or any combination. It's my understanding that #1 and kerosene come out of the same tank!

Some kerosene in the fuel is NO cause for concern.

Marshall

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Kerosene is not the same as #1-D, but either can be used in winter blended into #2-D for cold conditions.


Ken

 

[j m z]

Due to a gap price between kerosene & diesel fuel,they mix the kerosene into a diesel that the composition 30% kerosene & 70% diesel fuel. It happened in here, Indonesia.Don't be surprised guys.Diesel fuel price US$0.84/qt. Gasoline 88 US$0.97/qt. Super 95 US$1.7/qt.

 

[cit1991]

Kerosene is the front end of diesel fuel. You can make kero my distilling off the part of diesel past a boiling point of about 550F.

As such, there's always kero in diesel. #1 is just more kero, and less past 550F.

 

[j m z]

Kero only US$0.29/qt here...

 

[225hipo]

Standard procedure to add kero to diesel in cold areas to prevent waxing-gelling of the diesel.
Stanadyne makes a Lubricity Formula for low lubricty
fuels.

 

[Julius Seizure]

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Originally posted by gavinl:
Got a question, we experience an average of 30% kerosene in our diesel/gas. It'll contaminated oil and shortened the oil life in our fleet, thinking of using AMSOIL Syn Blend Diesel or Heavy Duty Diesel oil, cost is a factor so we wonder if AMSOIL's Syn Blend can withstand the contimination of kerosene in the diesel fuel and still last at least 10k miles?

TIA

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In the US, pump Kero is untaxed and dyed red just like off road diesel. If you add even a small amount of it to your tank, it'll quickly dye all of the taxed diesel in there red as well. You'll have instantly turned the whole tank into off road untaxed fuel, which you may not want to get caught with...

[ April 18, 2005, 07:14 PM: Message edited by: Julius Seizure ]

 

[Rat407]

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Originally posted by Julius Seizure:

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Originally posted by gavinl:
Got a question, we experience an average of 30% kerosene in our diesel/gas. It'll contaminated oil and shortened the oil life in our fleet, thinking of using AMSOIL Syn Blend Diesel or Heavy Duty Diesel oil, cost is a factor so we wonder if AMSOIL's Syn Blend can withstand the contimination of kerosene in the diesel fuel and still last at least 10k miles?

TIA

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In the US, pump Kero is untaxed and dyed red just like off road diesel. If you add even a small amount of it to your tank, it'll quickly dye all of the taxed diesel in there red as well. You'll have instantly turned the whole tank into off road untaxed fuel, which you may not want to get caught with...

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When did they start to die Kero? The last batch I got for the heater in the house was clear. Does it turn red when mixed with diesel?

 

[Julius Seizure]

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Originally posted by Rat407:
When did they start to die Kero? The last batch I got for the heater in the house was clear. Does it turn red when mixed with diesel? [/QB]

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Not really sure, but it was at least 5 or 6 years ago that I started noticing signs on the pumps. I've driven over the road for a number of years and haven't seen any un-dyed pump kero available in a long time - in any state. You used to be able to get clear kero right at the pump and guys used to cut their own fuel in the winter, but not any more...

If you are managing to find clear K-1 kero at a hardware store or something, then no, it has no dye in it and will not turn anything red.

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[ April 24, 2005, 12:49 PM: Message edited by: Julius Seizure ]

 

[1maniac]

Somebody forgot to tell the Sheetz stores here in south west PA becaused they have a Kero. pump that says "undyed, untaxed" on it. However, I noticed the hose is not all that long. Maybe to prevent truckers from filling up with it?