REFLECTOR: 11,500 data for the DH engine

[Alex Balic]

On that note too- I have a construction business, and we run "pump"
diesel in the on-road trucks, and amazingly cheap "off road only" diesel
in the heavy equipment- the difference is a little bit of sulfur content
(they say)  and a bunch of tax- we will run the on-road trucks
occasionally on the off road diesel if they are on a trip and going to
run out and the carry tanks have off road in them- you can't tell the
difference in either power, mileage, exhaust smoke, ect- the only real
difference is the cost and the color (off road is clear)  I believe the
off road (which I suppose could be used in the aircraft since they are
"off road") is going for about $1.10/gallon at the moment.

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of John Dibble
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 7:15 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: 11,500 data for the DH engine

All fuels are made by the same refineries and the same individuals
operating the refining units.  It makes no sense that specs for one
product are adhered to while for another ther're not.  Sometimes fuel
made by one refinery is sold under the name of another refinery because
of logistics, so brand names guarantee nothing, except that all brands
meet the specs.  There are several grades of diesel, but only those
acceptable for engines are found at auto pumps.

John

jp211 at comcast.net wrote:

>  Not in a water pressure contest here over "a rose by any other name"
> but when I hear "diesel" to me it means lets pull over and get some
> Texico stuff for the bird.  When I hear "Jet-A" I hear a product that
> has very tighly held specs just as 100LL or Avgas.Jet-A in Racine will
> be nearly the same quility as other Jet-A in Nirobi.  Diesel fuel in
> Racine can vary from Texico to "Brand-X, and get a 6 pack to go" to
> Costco fullup.  Do you know what your getting is all.  Now I will
> crawl back to my room here in Tokyo and wait for the words,Thanks\JP


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