Annual Update re Mexican Diesel Fuel
Now that the annual Snowbird migration is underway, I'm already getting emails from owners of 2007.5 through 2013 diesel pickups who are looking for updates on the effects of the higher sulfur Mexican...
Forum Discussion
In the Tiffin motorhomes magazine Roughing It Smoothly Volume 10 #4 there is a letter in the tech section on page 70 from a guy with a small Tiffin Breeze with an International engine I believe . . .
http://tiffinmotorhomes.com/owners/magazine
He says his particulate filter clogged using US fuel and they had to take it out and send it somewhere to have the sulfur burned off. He was asking if there is an additive that will burn the sulfur off. Not known. He wants to go to Mexico and is concerned.
So if US fuel can clog a filter causing it to clog so badly it has to be sent somewhere to be burned off - what will the Mexican diesel fuel do to his filters??? His was probably covered by warranty in the US but if someone puts Mexican diesel in and has to have it burned off how much will it cost with a voided warranty due to using the wrong fuel???
I know nothing about any of this. But there could be more than one side to every story. Some people get away with using Mexican diesel but others may not. What are the risks and the costs should things not go according to plan???
This forum is not the place to ask. The manufacturer of your engine is the place to ask - not the dealer - not the mechanic - not the guy at the gas station - but the actually home office of the manufacturer of your engine. Or you can play Russian roulette with your very expensive engine.
http://tiffinmotorhomes.com/owners/magazine
He says his particulate filter clogged using US fuel and they had to take it out and send it somewhere to have the sulfur burned off. He was asking if there is an additive that will burn the sulfur off. Not known. He wants to go to Mexico and is concerned.
So if US fuel can clog a filter causing it to clog so badly it has to be sent somewhere to be burned off - what will the Mexican diesel fuel do to his filters??? His was probably covered by warranty in the US but if someone puts Mexican diesel in and has to have it burned off how much will it cost with a voided warranty due to using the wrong fuel???
I know nothing about any of this. But there could be more than one side to every story. Some people get away with using Mexican diesel but others may not. What are the risks and the costs should things not go according to plan???
This forum is not the place to ask. The manufacturer of your engine is the place to ask - not the dealer - not the mechanic - not the guy at the gas station - but the actually home office of the manufacturer of your engine. Or you can play Russian roulette with your very expensive engine.
