Graham,
I've heard of dud-diesel being sold off on the cheap & that was found to contain turps. I have no idea what t would do to the internals of a fuel pump (O rings, etc) but I don't think it would be good. Most of the reports on this dud diesel came from vehicles that came to a stop after filling up.
Perhaps your friend's workshop had not worked on diesels before. I have been told that at 400,000 Kms that my Nissan has only just been run in. Changing filters & oils on a regular basis should see diesel engines clocking up many hundreds of thousands of kilometres without any trouble.
I've had gas injection on my last two Patrols - that also keeps the engine clean.
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Google says it's added to cooking oil to make biodiesel. One thing not mentioned is that there are 2 types of turpentine - the original is called "gum turpentine" which is a clear solvent extracted from the gum of pine trees. The 2nd and more common "turpentine" is a petroleum-based replacement.
Thanks all. Just wondered. My 1991 Mazda T3500 motorhome has just turned up 300,000. The motor is the Japanese version of a Perkins diesel. Still runs perfectly
Macka our yachts 3 pot yanmar 38hp is just over 20 years old & the only maintenance costs have been twice yearly oil filter changes.
I have always used Wynns EDT diesel fuel additive & have never changed a fuel filter - don't think I will change to turps & just stick to whisky & red wine for myself
If I was going to play with additive ? I would go the water / meth kits . Either mentholated spirits as in ethanol or methanol? 80/20 mix . Works great on turbo diesels . Keeps combustion chambers clean big time . I have Devels Own kit on our 6.5 non intercooler turbo diesel . It comes on from 5 lb boost so no chance of liquid lock up !!
He claimed that there is water sitting above the diesel, which allows bugs to breed, and clog up the filter
He would add it to the tank sparingly, using about two bottles a year
Gday...
Praps he meant water on bottom of tank?
cheers - John
You are absolutely correct, John So thanks for pointing this out
I am not sure if I had made a typo, or just looking at things upside down again
Diesel is lighter than water, and Metho (without the orange juice), is lighter than diesel
It would have been diesel in the tank, with methylated spirits floating on top, perhaps catching the condensation as it entered the tank, as metho is soluble in water
Whatever the process was, my old Dad use to swear by it, perhaps he learned it in his sailor days, as large ships have problems with their fuel filters blocking up, by bugs which live in the water
There is an LPG add on kit for diesel engines. Doesn't take the place of diesel fuel just augments it, something like 30% improvement in performance from memory.
He claimed that there is water sitting above the diesel, which allows bugs to breed, and clog up the filter
He would add it to the tank sparingly, using about two bottles a year
Gday...
Praps he meant water on bottom of tank?
cheers - John
You are absolutely correct, John So thanks for pointing this out
I am not sure if I had made a typo, or just looking at things upside down again
Diesel is lighter than water, and Metho (without the orange juice), is lighter than diesel
It would have been diesel in the tank, with methylated spirits floating on top, perhaps catching the condensation as it entered the tank, as metho is soluble in water
Whatever the process was, my old Dad use to swear by it, perhaps he learned it in his sailor days, as large ships have problems with their fuel filters blocking up, by bugs which live in the water
I was an Engineer at sea in my twenties (General Cargo and Bulk carriers mostly) Although we used to get heavy fuel oil with algae growing in it I never heard of using Meths to clear it. The fuel filters were Delaval Purifier/Centrifuges that are cleaned daily. By me when I was 6th and 5th eng. Just morecrap to scrape off the cones when the algae was bad. We would heat the fuel oil up in the tanks with the tank steam coils on, if it got really bad and jelly like, it is preheated before entering the Purifiers and also before being injected into the main engine cylinders. A lot of ships diesel main engines were "common rail diesels" even 50 years ago.
A 10.000 ton Diesel powered ship I was on might burn an average 2.5 tons of Heavy oil every four hours that would require a fair amount of Methylated Spirits.
-- Edited by elliemike on Sunday 1st of October 2017 10:25:12 AM
He claimed that there is water sitting above the diesel, which allows bugs to breed, and clog up the filter
He would add it to the tank sparingly, using about two bottles a year
Gday...
Praps he meant water on bottom of tank?
cheers - John
You are absolutely correct, John So thanks for pointing this out
I am not sure if I had made a typo, or just looking at things upside down again
Diesel is lighter than water, and Metho (without the orange juice), is lighter than diesel
It would have been diesel in the tank, with methylated spirits floating on top, perhaps catching the condensation as it entered the tank, as metho is soluble in water
Whatever the process was, my old Dad use to swear by it, perhaps he learned it in his sailor days, as large ships have problems with their fuel filters blocking up, by bugs which live in the water
I was an Engineer at sea in my twenties (General Cargo and Bulk carriers mostly) Although we used to get heavy fuel oil with algae growing in it I never heard of using Meths to clear it. The fuel filters were Delaval Purifier/Centrifuges that are cleaned daily. By me when I was 6th and 5th eng. Just morecrap to scrape off the cones when the algae was bad. We would heat the fuel oil up in the tanks with the tank steam coils on, if it got really bad and jelly like, it is preheated before entering the Purifiers and also before being injected into the main engine cylinders. A lot of ships diesel main engines were "common rail diesels" even 50 years ago.
A 10.000 ton Diesel powered ship I was on might burn an average 2.5 tons of Heavy oil every four hours that would require a fair amount of Methylated Spirits.
-- Edited by elliemike on Sunday 1st of October 2017 10:25:12 AM
Looks like my old Dad, did not lean about metho, when he was on the ships
I know that he did not learn about metho, while eating oranges, as he was never a drinker
To my knowledge others put metho into their diesel tanks, on his recommendations, and never returned to complain
