kerosene in 97psd
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kerosene in 97psd
i was considering using kerosene in my 97 since it is 2.38/gal and diesel is 2.68/gal but was told not to run straight kerosene but it would be ok to do a 50/50 mix or should i just pay the .30/gal difference and go on any help would be great.
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very bad idea, kerosene has been refined farther than diesel and doesn't have the lubrication properties of #2 diesel thus your pump and injectors will not be lubricated properly. Also when they blend the fuel with #1 fuel in the winter I get about 2-3mpg average less fuel economy, and the one time my wife started to put kerosene in my truck she put about 8 gallons in it, before noticing that she was on the wrong pump, and called me I told her to fill it up with regular deisel so tht was 28 gal of diesel to 8 gal of kerosene, and I got the worst fuel economy out of that tank I had ever gotten (dropped it by 5mpg) I would hate to see how bad it would be at a 50/50 mix but bet it would eat up that price difference.
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