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Date:         Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:42:39 -0500
Reply-To:     Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
Subject:      Diesel Fuel as a fuel treatment
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Somebody posted this as a possible alternative this morning, here's what a friend wrote back to me:

> >A friend of a friend of a friend (in Australia) says gas > >treatments are simply diesel fuel with some aromatics thrown > >in. Any comments or knowledge on the topic in VV land? > > Says you can toss a couple liters of diesel in vs. the gas > > treatment and gain the same benefits. Would this be safe in > >an modern car? I envision losing injectors and oxygen > > sensors... > >Diesel fuel is often VERY high in sulfur, so there is some risk of harming >these components. More assuredly though, diesel fuel is REALLY low in >octane rating. The whole point with diesel fuel is that you *want* it to >auto ignite. I'm not sure why you would want to add it to gasoline (what >sort of 'treatment' are you hoping to replace?), but if your goal is to >get it to knock like a woodpecker and run on incessantly, it's a good >place to start. > >Sounds like a bad idea....

Chris M. <"Busbodger" of "TEAM SLOWPOKE"> Cookeville, Tennessee

ICQ# 5944649 scm9985@tntech.edu

'78 VW Westfalia (67 HP -> that is...67 Hamster Power) '65 Beetle - Type IV powered '99 CR-V AWD station wagon '81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle 2.5 Corvair engines for my Trans-vair Conversion


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