Can't remember if we talked about this before, how is the low sulfer fuel that is coming in 07 going to effect our engines?
lots of people say that it will cause lubricity (sp?) problems. i think i twill do just fine, if not im sure a class action suit will be imposed on the fuel makers... that in turn will make a class action suit on the gov for making the laws. i know trucks are NOW being designed to run the stuff. im sure sulfer addatives will be available. Grant
It will be bad for alot of motors. Sure your newer trucks will do just fine, but thats about it. All the rest of the diesels out there rely on that sulfur to keep the injection system lubricated and keep seals from drying out. Without the sulfur friction builds, seals dry out and leak, and injection pumps and injectors will need to be replaced alot more frequently than they already do, if you dont run an additive There will be no class action lawsuit, because its "better for the environment", nobody in power is going to give a crap about it making our 10-25 year old diesels eat injection pumps. The only thing that can be done is run a good quality fuel additive to restore the lubrication properties lost by the new fuel. You should run one anyway, but its going to become alot more important to do it by next hear.
I would assume the same kinds of things that Stanadyne did to make the CUCV's run on kerosene and JP-8 without fuel system issues: hardened internals, better seals, but to be honest im really not to sure. Im not to up to speed on the inner workings of the newer diesels injection systems, i still like my rotary pumped IDI's.
It's sorta like when gassers went to unleaded. Lead was used much like sulfer (don't split hairs here, the point is valid) and dealing with it's absence will be about the same. Different materials, tolerances, and designs are used to compensate for the changes. There was not really all THAT much pain with the unleaded transition, and the diesel I think will go mostly the same. But, the diff here is that there are many more "old" diesels in tractors, pumps, and all manner of agg equipment that stay in use far longer than the gassers ever would, and for those, the only real option is additives...
i agree fully. i was also looking into buying a few CASES of addative seeing as how it would be cheaper now to do so and when the fuel does change im sure addative prices will go up a nice amount. Grant
