Hi Paul;
I can't say for sure but I have heard of the guys who work as ground
crew at the Tortonto airport putting jet fuel in their diesel cars.
Apparently fuel which is drained from wing tanks is not allowed to be
put back in so they often have some 'waste'.
Joe
Paul S Cantrell wrote:
Good Afternoon all,
I have an interesting story for ya'll today. I work at a small
military college. Being a military school, we have a tank, a personnel
carrier, a rocket, several howitzers, an F-4 Phantom, an anchor and a
Huey Cobra helicopter on the parade field. The helicopter is why I'm
writing. It was donated by the national guard 20 years ago and the
engine was removed. However, the FUEL was not removed.
It smells like kerosene. It is colorless/clear and dry, since the fuel
tanks were full and sealed the whole time. This discovery was made
when we decided to move it to pour a concrete pad for it.
A sample weighs exactly 800 grams per liter (digital scale is +/-20
grams), so it is too heavy to be JP4 (50% gasoline/50%kerosene +
additives), too light for diesel and about right to be JP8 (100%
kerosene + additives).
I referenced this website for densities of fuel:
http://www.simetric.co.uk/si_liquids.htm
I have a 98 VW Jetta TDI that has half a tank of regualar #2 diesel in
it at the moment.
I know up north in the US the fuel companies mix diesel with kerosene
up to 50/50 in the winter time. Also, as I understand it, the new ULSD
is very similar to kerosene.
Should I have any reservation mixing it up to 50/50 in my car? I don't
really, I just wanted to share the story and hear from ya'll.
No real answers at the TDIClub website.
--
Thanks,
PC
He's the kind of a guy who lights up a room just by flicking a switch
The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid
moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the
possibility that there may be something to them which we are missing. -
Gamal Abdel Nasser
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