Kerosene oil for PSD ?
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Kerosene oil for PSD ?
I chatted with a fuel trucker the other day and he recommended using kerosene as an additive to my diesel fuel, He says that kerosene is a more refined form of diesel fuel much like jet fuel is a more refined form of diesel fuel......... He suggested that you can actually run your PSD on pure kerosene oil for a much better engine performance and lower exhaust emissions............ Im willing to try this if I can get more feed back on this subject. Has anyone else heard of this ?
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Kerosene oil for PSD ?
DO NOT under any circumstances run a 1995 Power Stroke engine on kerosene! Kerosene does not have enough lubricity to keep your early style injectors from becoming galled internally. The 99.5 and newer engines have the tungsten carbide coating and would probably survive but I wouldn't recommend it.
I disagree that kerosene would lower your performance, however. We ran some engines on kerosene to test the new 6.0 injectors for scuffing and the engines had quite a bit more horse power on kerosene than on diesel fuel. I don't know what the BTU rating per gallon is between the two.
I disagree that kerosene would lower your performance, however. We ran some engines on kerosene to test the new 6.0 injectors for scuffing and the engines had quite a bit more horse power on kerosene than on diesel fuel. I don't know what the BTU rating per gallon is between the two.
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Kerosene oil for PSD ?
This site may explain it. Follow the links to "refining" they have a caloric / btu breakdown on fuels.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/diesel.htm
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/diesel.htm
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Kerosene oil for PSD ?
Originally posted by Nickiboy
I chatted with a fuel trucker the other day and he recommended using kerosene as an additive to my diesel fuel, He says that kerosene is a more refined form of diesel fuel much like jet fuel is a more refined form of diesel fuel......... He suggested that you can actually run your PSD on pure kerosene oil for a much better engine performance and lower exhaust emissions............ Im willing to try this if I can get more feed back on this subject. Has anyone else heard of this ?
I chatted with a fuel trucker the other day and he recommended using kerosene as an additive to my diesel fuel, He says that kerosene is a more refined form of diesel fuel much like jet fuel is a more refined form of diesel fuel......... He suggested that you can actually run your PSD on pure kerosene oil for a much better engine performance and lower exhaust emissions............ Im willing to try this if I can get more feed back on this subject. Has anyone else heard of this ?
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Kerosene oil for PSD ?
That seems counterintuitive to me, Joe. Kerosene has around 1.5 - 2.0% less energy by volume than #2.
Not too long ago, I worked with large industrial burners (in the 100MMBtu range) that could be modified to burn different hydrocarbon fuels. Whenever we changed fuel type, the orifice size had to be changed in the burner nozzle - larger opening for lighter fuels, meaning more fuel to achieve a given operating temperature.
Given that there is more usable energy in #2, I don't know how an engine could make more power with Kerosene - assuming, of course, no other operating conditions are modified.
Unless I'm missing something, that is!
Not too long ago, I worked with large industrial burners (in the 100MMBtu range) that could be modified to burn different hydrocarbon fuels. Whenever we changed fuel type, the orifice size had to be changed in the burner nozzle - larger opening for lighter fuels, meaning more fuel to achieve a given operating temperature.
Given that there is more usable energy in #2, I don't know how an engine could make more power with Kerosene - assuming, of course, no other operating conditions are modified.
Unless I'm missing something, that is!
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Kerosene oil for PSD ?
Kerosene has it's set of intended uses, none of which are as an injector cleaner/cetane improver in a diesel engine. Stanadyne also has it's set of intended uses, among which are as an injector cleaner/cetane improver in a diesel engine. I think I'd use Stanadyne.
Wait a minute.....I do use Stanadyne.
Wait a minute.....I do use Stanadyne.
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Kerosene oil for PSD ?
Originally posted by oppy
That seems counterintuitive to me, The Diesel Dude. Kerosene has around 1.5 - 2.0% less energy by volume than #2.
Not too long ago, I worked with large industrial burners (in the 100MMBtu range) that could be modified to burn different hydrocarbon fuels. Whenever we changed fuel type, the orifice size had to be changed in the burner nozzle - larger opening for lighter fuels, meaning more fuel to achieve a given operating temperature.
Given that there is more usable energy in #2, I don't know how an engine could make more power with Kerosene - assuming, of course, no other operating conditions are modified.
Unless I'm missing something, that is!
That seems counterintuitive to me, The Diesel Dude. Kerosene has around 1.5 - 2.0% less energy by volume than #2.
Not too long ago, I worked with large industrial burners (in the 100MMBtu range) that could be modified to burn different hydrocarbon fuels. Whenever we changed fuel type, the orifice size had to be changed in the burner nozzle - larger opening for lighter fuels, meaning more fuel to achieve a given operating temperature.
Given that there is more usable energy in #2, I don't know how an engine could make more power with Kerosene - assuming, of course, no other operating conditions are modified.
Unless I'm missing something, that is!