Premium Diesel and #1 Diesel
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#1 is winter fuel
I have never seen a premium diesel fuel
All the Kum and Go stations carry premium diesel.
https://www.kumandgo.com/fuel/xtreme-diesel/
And Roofless is correct, #1 is Winter Diesel.
https://www.kumandgo.com/fuel/xtreme-diesel/
And Roofless is correct, #1 is Winter Diesel.
I've seen it at Cenex stations.
Never heard of them
I don't believe there are any Cenex stations in California
I hadn't either until I reached Montana. Quite a few in MT, ND, MN along the major interstates and nearby state routes.
Never been there either!
#3 Diesel was best for fuel economy
#2 Diesel is the current version of “regular diesel “ and usually delivers the most power.
Winter Blend, sometimes also called Winter diesel is usually #2 mixed with anti gel and can still gel in very cold temperatures. In the old days it was just a blend of kerosene and #2
#1 Is harder on the injection pump and lower fuel economy but a true winter fuel, it is more like kerosene
Premium diesel means something different at every station , historically it had higher than normal Cetane and would list it numerically, other stations call #1 Premium which doesn’t make sense, still others use #2 with additives to lubricate your injection pump.
In this area #1/#2 Kerosene are also at pumps and occasionally off road and #1/2 fuel oil
Too bad diesel monikers aren’t more standardized
#2 Diesel is the current version of “regular diesel “ and usually delivers the most power.
Winter Blend, sometimes also called Winter diesel is usually #2 mixed with anti gel and can still gel in very cold temperatures. In the old days it was just a blend of kerosene and #2
#1 Is harder on the injection pump and lower fuel economy but a true winter fuel, it is more like kerosene
Premium diesel means something different at every station , historically it had higher than normal Cetane and would list it numerically, other stations call #1 Premium which doesn’t make sense, still others use #2 with additives to lubricate your injection pump.
In this area #1/#2 Kerosene are also at pumps and occasionally off road and #1/2 fuel oil
Too bad diesel monikers aren’t more standardized
as others have stated #1 is winter diesel and premium diesel contains more additives that #2 diesel. Premium diesel is supposed to get better mileage but I haven’t seen a difference in my truck. I use plain old #2 and add Howe’s antigel in the winter.
Just my $0.02
Just my $0.02
#1 diesel seems to be a often misused term. Back in the 70s, when I first started paying attention to the difference between #1 and #2 diesel, I was told by the local distributor (my grandfather) that #1 is lighter fractional distillate because it comes from higher on the distilling tower. It was used to blend with #2 so that the heavier #2 wouldn't gel in the winter. When it wasn't cold, you didn't run any #1 because it contains less energy and consumption is higher than with #2.
Not quite.
Winter blend is 80/20, 70/30 or 50/50 #2 and #1, depending in the distributer/retailer.
Winterized has an antigel additive package added to #2.
You can also get the antigel additive package added to the blend or straight #1. The additive package, at least for me, came directly from the rack.
The company I used to drive for would generally switch to 80/20 at 20 degrees, as #2 would gel at 15 degrees. We had some customers that did not want to pay for 80/20 so they got winterized #2. Some people were smart and wanted 50/50 blend, their equipment started in the cold.
On the other hand I filled many emergency generators in the middle of summer with #2 with no additive. I would tell the people they may have gelling issues in winter and they really should be ordering their emergency generator fills in winter, so we can deliver blend, I don't think any of them listened. Don't blame me when the power goes down when it's 10 degrees out and your genny will not start up.
Cenex has a premuim No.1 which has more lubricity than most No.2 Diesel fuels. You can look it up on the Cenex website. Here in North Dakota we use it when it gets below -30F or use it to blend down our No.2 diesel. They also have a Wintermaster fuel which is a premium blend that is good to -30F.
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