Thread: Alpine diesel What's in it?

To digress, many interstate trucks during the 70's where running a mix of Kero and oil in there fuel tanks , as there was no excise tax on kerosene.

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Originally Posted by LandyAndy
Hi Guys
I wonder how a diesel would go on JET A1?????
I guess not long as it is a "dry coarse" feeling liquid compared to diesel.
I just love the smell of burning jet fuel
Andrew


i used to be in the airforce working 3rd line maintenance and when the jet went out for engine testing at the end of the service, the fuel then had to be drained for the aircraft wiegh. this fuel (avtur) was then "thrown" away in case of contaminants
i used to have a ford escort van 1.8 diesel and for the best part of my ownership i ran it on avtur (jet fuel and half a litre of mineral (i think) oil per tank which was also "supplied" by the airforce - god i miss those running costs

only -45 of zero of tonight


diesel?

Head down to your local fuel depot and ask them if they stock Roxdiesel Antifreeze. You add it to your fuel tank, designed really to go into storage tanks, like the ones on most properties. Winter diesel starts in Qld about April and is supplied until approx late august. The Roxdiesel will take the starting point down to about minus 40 degrees C. When I was managing a fuel depot, we sold it for about $50 a 4 litre tin but that would treat about 2000 litres.

Cheers

Kieren

my solution? live in central queensland, it never gets cold enough!