So why does the same vehicle get better mileage with the good old higher sulphur diesel that the ulsd nowadays?
Sent from my iPhone On Sep 29, 2013, at 7:33 AM, Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Probably just much better diesel fuel -- all those European engines require > 50 cetane, and in the good old days of cheap diesel, you were very lucky if > summer fuel in the US hit 30 cetane. Absolute crap -- that's why truckers > always left their engines running, it was usually impossible to start them > cold without a block heater. Winter fuel waxed up all the time, too, if > indeed you could actually find any. > > USLD fuel is MUCH better all round except for lacking enough lubricity for > some rotary pumps. Higher cetane, cleaner burning, easy starts. Of course, > since it's not just "what's left over" from making gasoline, it's more > expensive, too. > > Peter > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
