(thats that lame canada guy 
). i am in south carolina
off road fuel
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Originally Posted by shad
has anyone ever used off road fuel "you know, the red stuff" it has to be better than the ultra low sulfer fuel.
Ford even has a TSB out for this as many were forced to use "off-road" diesel after the many hurricanes 1 and 2 years ago.
Do not use as the potential for harm to yor motor and the potential of being caught and fined... is not worth it for a +$40,000 truck!!!
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off road fuel is dyed due to the tax break. any sign of this in any ford vehicle will void warranty instantly if it is found in a truck. one of my customers was fined 30,000 plus for being caught.
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Originally Posted by BowTieHatr
off road fuel is dyed due to the tax break. any sign of this in any ford vehicle will void warranty instantly if it is found in a truck. one of my customers was fined 30,000 plus for being caught.
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does ford really have something out about using off-road fuel in the trucks? as far as i know, it is only labeled "off-road" because of the lack of fuel taxes on it. there are a few farms around here and in KS that the people use the off-road fuel in there trucks that are licensed for farm use. they just dump the same fuel from thier holding tank into farm machinery and their trucks.
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page 34 of the diesel supplement, states not to use off road fuel. use of this fuel can lead to damage. i cant find the actual statement about voiding waranty but i have heard this before many times.
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Originally Posted by BowTieHatr
page 34 of the diesel supplement, states not to use off road fuel. use of this fuel can lead to damage. i cant find the actual statement about voiding waranty but i have heard this before many times.
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From: LaPorte, CO
Originally Posted by Beachbumcook
Ya... but aren't you in Canada... so when converted thats like $100.00 (ha, ha).
Not much exchange difference now and has never been 300:1!
Last edited by Colorado-native; Nov 5, 2006 at 10:58 AM.
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Don't do it man! The off highway fuel is crap! It's allowed a much higher sulfur content and generally has a much lower cetane rating. It just don't burn hot enough to keep carbon from building up everywhere in your 6.0l. Last engine I replaced had that red crap in it and the #3 piston was a blob of melted aluminum, the EGR was caked solid and so was most of the intake manifold. Bad stuff dude!
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