ULSD vs Regular Diesel / Have You Noticed?
This is a question and not a statement... Almost all of the lube oil contamination can be traced back to soot. And in theory more soot is formed when sulfur is present in the fuel. Of course incomp...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
The question is directed at owners of diesel engines of similar type that have had extensive experience with both types of fuel. Low & NO.
Does oil stay cleaner longer. Soot contamination is black.
We have a small fleet of mostly specialty diesel powered vehicles. Most of them are pre-1999 engines, a few are 1980’s engines.
There has been absolutely zero visually noticeable, or measurable in the 4X / year oil samples, difference between ‘old’ diesel, LSD & ULSD.
Not that it’s by any means conclusive, but some of our engines run for months at a time (off road, on remote sites) on off-road diesel, furnace oil, kerosene and / or Jet A. Again, no difference in oil sample results.
Gosh, you don’t think that just like with ‘corn liquor’ the general population is being a little misled on this do you? ;-p
