Dyed Diesel

[mbarn]

About 5 years ago we were working at our construction shop. A young Black guy, looked enough like Michael Jordan to be his twin, drove up, flashed his ID, and said "I want to check all your trucks. " He did and found nothing illegal. He was with the IRS, and checked every construction truck in the area. At that time the fine could be up to $25,000. 00 according to him. We have been checked at weigh stations several times. Its too risky to run off road diesel. Our checks always involved a clear plastic tube, inserted into the tank and then withdrawn with several inches of fuel. Back then I used a red fuel supplement, and it did tint the fuel somewhat. We discontinued that pracatice in a hurry after being checked.

 

[jakprince]

If low sulfphur is supposed to be for emissions then how come its ok for heating oil to be high sulphur?Its still going up in the air.

 

[SKneeland]

Anyone know how to bleach red dyed fuel. . Hummmm. . We could get Billy from Oxy-clean or Ben Stine from Clear Eyes .....

ive heard sunlight/UV will fade it out. never tried it, but heard stories of people using those white, translucent fluid tanks for this.

 

[cojhl2]

Years agon I delivered gas and oil. Home heating oil (stove oil) was just number 1 diesel.

 

[klenger]

So, what do the refiners do with all the sulfer that gets extracted from the fuel? Burn it!