caltex yet to meet standard

g'day truckster
as a 3.0ltd i get pretty down in the mouth when i read about these engine failures and other problems at the moment $$$$$$ prevent me from doing anything about im stuck for some time yet,
YES I AGREE WITH YOU.
cheers toohey.

Hey there truckster,
The Diesel Hydrotreater at Kurnell has been offline since well before Christmas. It is undergoing a clean fuels revamp costing 100's of millions of dollars. Its just about a complete rebuild of the unit......We haven't been treating diesel here for months. Never thought to ask what is happening to the raw stuff we are making on the crude unit. When i get back to work i will check. It may be that we are supplying other refineries with the untreated diesel then buying it back treated.
We also have the old Ampol refinery in Lytton, Brissy which has undergone the clean fuels changeover, but I doubt it would be big enough to supply our diesel as well as that of QLD......anyway will see what i can find out...

plenty usin biodiesel, but im glad im not the only one who has reservations about pouring it into the tank!

As soon as I get this guys number of my other thread I'm going to bite the bullet and buy a 44 of it. Been tossing up about it for nearly a year now, so bugger it, we'll see what happens.

hehe, a bit like drinking treated sewerage water, they tell us it's ok but um yeah!

I have just clocked up 200 kms on biodiesel...guage still full..wont start to drop until i hit about 330kms. But from what i have noticed so far, its all good. Engine idles so smooth, Starts immidiately after i turn the key, and its cheaper than diesel at the moment by 9 cents a ltr. Also there is NO smoke out the exhaust when accelerating, thats a good thing.

I have spoken to some diodiesel users in the past week that all have only positives to say about it, 2 of which have already clocked up 10,000 kms on the stuff. 1 was a 80 series and a couple had GQ's. Ill keep you posted if something happens though...am heading off to Danjera Dam this weekend for some 4wd and bass fishing.....should be a good run for the old girl. Fuel filter is still spotless and got a spare just incase.
Ange.

Funny you should mention diesel, Lytton refinery and reused sewage in the one thread.

Lytton used recycled sewage for utilities cooling water.

Biodeisel has to meet specs and usually they are better than fossil fuel. Home made BD is another matter unless you have the correct testing regime.

How much is treated sewage a litre?? LOL!!

Michael it should be a lot cheaper to get than potable water. At least it keeps it from the Sydney taps which would be another potential useage. Perhaps that has been the previous water direction ;-)

secondary treated sewage is free, treating it further to use as utilities water makeup which then requires the normal corrosion/scale/micobiological treatment is probably in the vicinity of $1.50 KL. excluding the later mentioned treatments.

and whos diesel does caltex use in Melb/country Vic?

Leroy