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:
I'd try using taco grease but I wouldn't care much for going a flatulent 200 mph.
You’re not far off the mark there.
The public electric commission in Toronto tried experimenting with biodiesel a few years back, before it was commercially available, the nature of the job means the trucks have to idle for many hours a day to provide PTO power for the hydraulics. It was ‘food industry sourced‘ biodiesel, aka used deep fryer oil, blended 10% bio, 90% dino.
After a 6 month trial period the verdict was in, it was going to cost them more in health insurance benefits than they’d save in fuel costs.
It seems the ‘deep fryer oil’ in the fuel meant the exhaust smelled like a fast food restaurant and the crews on those trucks were packing on the pounds because the trucks exhaust smelled like french fries and they had to stand next to it all day long so they snacked continuously because of it.
