AnswerID: 12403 Submitted: Sunday, Feb 02, 2003 at 15:11
Peter
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flesh,
from what i know your mechanic is part right. with the new low sulphur fuels, engines that are built prior to the early 90's (from 1994 depending on who you believe) will have problems with fuel seals collapsing. thus injector pumps will need to be overhauled.
basically the sulphur acts as a lubricant and now that all diesel is low sulphur the older engines suffer.
you need to put in a lubricant or rebuild your pump. i use either morey or lucas. but i do know that nulon and a few other brands do the same job. just need to read the bottle to see if it contains a lubricant.
shell has a good bit of info on their website about the new low sulfur diesel. as did bp but i couldnt find it again when i looked.bp also have brochures they can give you at their servos.
when it was first introduced into qld (since 2000)it caused havoc.injector pumps were being rebuilt like no tomorrow.even racv was warning members to be wary of the new low sulphur diesel in qld.
apparently those initial refining problems have been fixed and the fuel companies dont expect any more problems.but they still warn you to service your vehicle if it is an early 1990's model or earlier. in other words, the low sulphur diesel will damage your seals if you have an early 1990.s or earlier engine.
so like i, i would suggest putting in a lubricant and saving up money for an injector pump rebuild.mine is a 1984 troppy.
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FollowupID: 7204 Submitted:
Sunday, Feb 02, 2003 at 19:04
Truckster posted:
in other words, the low sulphur diesel will damage your seals if you have an early 1990.s or earlier engine.
I think that stinks! Typical tight ass large company. and they get away with it..
Cause they cant get it right, we pay up...
Am I missing something here?
What if you dont have the net, or this thread like 10,000's of others? how would you know?? Wait for your donk to blow up?
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