Diesel Additives.

Just a quick report on an observation last Thursday.

I was in a Service/Pump Shop in NSW and whilst there couldn't help having a sticky beak at everything ( as you do).

Anyway there happened to be a number of glass jars with liquid in them and in some cases foul filthy stuff was floating around as well.

On asking, I was informed that these were samples of bad diesel fuel that had been removed from vehicles.

I was also told that when there were fuel problems the suspect fuel was on occassions sent for testing and the results were just astounding.

There was anything from, paint thinners, kerosene, acetone, tolulene, bio-fuel etc etc etc that had been added in large quantities to the original diesel.

The end result was that these adulterated fuels just play absolute havoc with diesel fuel systems sooner or later.

Acetone apparently 'chews' out the rubber seals in the pumps.

In essence, if you have a diesel system then you run diesel. If you have a acetone system or bio system then you run those fuels as the pumps, seals etc are designed to use such fuels.

I know its how to suck eggs stuff for most of you, however I regularly see posts on how to 'improve' things with additives, especially acetone.

If they are so good, I can't for the life of me understand why the fuel refineries don't use them.

Food for thought.

Regards

Ken Robinson