Red Diesel to white diesel what long term engine damage

[Tucepi]

Interesting conversation this weekend resulted in Hypothetical discussions taking place about the direct and more importantly indirect effects of going from Red diesel to White road diesel on our engines.

If we loose red diesel no one has ever investigated the effects this could have on our engines after years of running on red diesel.

True road diesel is cleaner and our engines will run cleaner and more effective, but if our engines have been used to using red and now have power increase this could possibly put a strain on an engine that is not in its healthiest condition.

This sounded an odd conversation but a good debate to have and one the government has not investigated and in todays litigation age if any damage is caused as a result of having to use white diesel could be a good argument.

What you think?

 

[Renegade_Master]

Hello fellow F36 owner, did you see my thread about me leaking ali tank :~(

I'm no expert on fuel but being as the red is just a dye cant see any problem.

What about all the boats that either go out to med to white diesel after a few years on red, and visa versa. I havent heard any tales calamities following the change

 

[fisherman]

I've seen a lot of damage to a van switched from white to red, but it was from the Customs crowbarring the filler cap off. ( Van was confiscated and the owner had to buy it back.)

 

[Kawasaki]

Red--White-- The engine won,t give a Sh*te! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[sailorman]

Do the French have probs /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif


NO/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
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[longjohnsilver]

Main problem will be lack of sulphur in white possibly damaging fuel injector pump.

 

[Alrob]

you could always use veg oil

 

[pheran]

I'm no expert on fuel but being as the red is just a dye cant see any problem [ QUOTE ]


[/ QUOTE ] Popular misconception but apparently it isn't. This subject was very thoroughly dealt with by one of the experts over on PBO (the guy that runs a fuel testing lab) some time back and it seems that the 'diesel' that is supplied for marine/agricultural/ industrial use and is then dyed red is a different level and quality of distillate. Whether this has any longer term implications, I couldn't say.

 

[pheran]

[ QUOTE ]
Main problem will be lack of sulphur in white possibly damaging fuel injector pump

[/ QUOTE ] Lorries and diesel cars seem to get by OK!

 

[A_8]

The rest of Europe (mostly) run on white and I don't thinkt you'll get more problems (on newish engines) becouse of it.
You will get less power 5-10% and a lot less smoke particularly during cold starts and idle!

 

[cliff]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Main problem will be lack of sulphur in white possibly damaging fuel injector pump

[/ QUOTE ] Lorries and diesel cars seem to get by OK!

[/ QUOTE ]If designed to run on ULS Diesel. I fear the majority of Marine engines are not designed for running on ULS fuel.

IIRC, there were many problems with fuel pumps in road vehicles a few years ago when the ULS Diesel was forced upon us.

Modern "marinised tractor engines" may be O.K.
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[Andrew_Fanner]

See MBM a couple of months back. Some marinas are selling red dyed white diesel eg Shepperton on the Thames. Seems OK so far.