Low Cetane #2 diesel
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Low Cetane #2 diesel
I recently attended a seminar by a guy who works for a Big Oil Company. He said that the diesel cetane rating of the current #2 diesel was lower than we know. He said that the Fed. Gov't lowered the cetane standard after a hurricane damaged/destroyed some of the refineries, & then is lowered still more by the ULSD diesel. According to him everyone driving ANY diesel vehicle should be using a cetane booster with a lubricative additive. Anyone else hear anything like this?
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I recently attended a seminar by a guy who works for a Big Oil Company. He said that the diesel cetane rating of the current #2 diesel was lower than we know. He said that the Fed. Gov't lowered the cetane standard after a hurricane damaged/destroyed some of the refineries, & then is lowered still more by the ULSD diesel. According to him everyone driving ANY diesel vehicle should be using a cetane booster with a lubricative additive. Anyone else hear anything like this?
...I'd be suspect of his knowledge about the need for cetane boosting and lubricity. I personally run 2% biodiesel (ASTM wear studies have proved that biodiesel at 2% or greater yields the highest level of lubricity) because of the added lubricity (and quieter running) ...but add no cetane boosters and between two trucks I burn about 175 gallons per week.
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