Farm diesel in my truck.....

[promisedland]

I ran out of diesel this eve & had a friend bring a jug of my off road diesel so i could continue my trip to Sheetz...
he blew me full of scare that in 20,000 miles from now feds could still find the farm fuel by testing.

What gives?? i just wanted out of the stores driveway and home for supper

 

[JR]

By the time you fill up the rest of the way with highway fuel it will be barely tainted if at all. By the time you run a second tank through there will be no trace left.
I've never heard of a private truck getting dipped in the first place... unless you were spotted filling up at the off-road pump :-laf

I wouldn't give it anymore thought.

 

[Tuesdak]

Your fuel filter may have a touch of color after the red goes through it. Farm vehicles do get returned to on highway use and yes the dye goes away with the fuel. 2nd tank is about right from a full tank of off road.

Myth Busted...

 

[promisedland]

THANKY thanky!!! My friend [he calls himself the windy hillbilly] has had many run-ins with the law and he was told they can 'sniff' his exhaust with a monitering thingy and know if he's been cheating.....
I didnt want to believe it, but with modern science......

Gauges are so nice, i was waiting to make left turn to merge on a buzy Lanc. county main street & when my turn came i stepped on it and 1/2 way across my eng. bogged as if i had just stomped the brakes, then recovered. rolled into a driveway, idled for 30 sec. then died. = Lift pump psi = 0

 

[promisedland]

I have never been pulled over [yet] But the cops do start knowing who you are if your name keeps showing up on the list.... they will watch for 'windy hillbillies'!

 

[NIsaacs]

Gauges are so nice,

You might want to watch your fuel gauge closer, it don't cost any more to run on the top half as the bottom half. Your fuel system will like you for it

Nick

 

[RustyJC]

I've never heard of a private truck getting dipped in the first place... unless you were spotted filling up at the off-road pump :-laf

I wouldn't give it anymore thought.

Come down here to Texas to the parking lot of a livestock or farm equipment auction, and chances are you can watch and experience it firsthand.

Rusty

 

[promisedland]

You might want to watch your fuel gauge closer, it don't cost any more to run on the top half as the bottom half. Your fuel system will like you for it

Nick

Now i know the 'red' mark on my gauge means it! :-laf

 

[jgillott]

Come down here to Texas to the parking lot of a livestock or farm equipment auction, and chances are you can watch and experience it firsthand.

Rusty

PA Turnpike is a hotbed for it. I haven't seen it recently, but it was rather common when fuel prices were very high a few years back.

 

[TJJEEPER]

One of the reasons the dual tanks went the way of the dodo bird... Too many folks running dry going down the highway and flipping the switch. My Ferd lasted just under 100k before I ate the injector pump by running it dry. The tech that worked on it said it was a pretty normal occurrence and mine lasting as long as it did was pretty amazing. The old mechanical pump injection runs ten thousands of an inch clearances. Galls up pretty quick without some lube.


Truck was an 84 6.9 non turbo. Low Sulfur Diesel killed that truck.

 

[TFucili]

And here I thought "E" meant "Enough"

 

[BIGNASTY]

Come down here to Texas to the parking lot of a livestock or farm equipment auction, and chances are you can watch and experience it firsthand.

Rusty

Exactly Right!! they look for someone with the dirtiest truck with Farm Plates and animal crap on the windshield, why bother the family getting out of their wagon in their Sunday best at the local Walmart. Don't take a degree from NASA to get a grip on that one.

 

[Ozymandias]

Here in Europe the check that with some tracer strips, dip them into the fuel and the strip discolored if farm diesel aka. fuel oil was used, even in the past.
Needs less then 1% of farm diesel to color the strip, so it needs many tanks of onroad diesel to really clear all farm diesel out of the system of a car.

 

[Ozymandias]

Here in Europe the check that with some tracer strips, dip them into the fuel and the strip discolored if farm diesel aka. fuel oil was used, even in the past.
Needs less then 1% of farm diesel to color the strip, so it needs many tanks of onroad diesel to really clear all farm diesel out of the system of a car.

 

[The patriot]

plf, if you run the tank low a few times before filling up, I believe there wont be a problem.
I know there's at least 1 mobile unit here in NJ. Guy lives in my development. I don't know him & don't want to.

 

[JUeckert]

As mentioned, Texas is a state where they routinely check.. Auction sites, and on side of the road.. Had one friend of mine get checked on side of the road, which i witnessed myself.. I had another friend who like myself owns a construction company, claim they showed up at his office location one day checking trucks for red fuel.. Most often around here they will travel with state troopers, and in some case i have heard troopers themselves do it... The trend seems to be stronger when fuel prices get high, and people seek relief from the prices by burning the red stuff.. I know many who have done it with zero issue's , and generally after a couple of full tanks are cycled through a truck, all traces are gone.. The friend who i know who was road side checked was proof of that.. He was really sweating bullets that day! Folks its tempting, and i will say if i were in a situation i had no choice[side of the road/boon docks] i would do it in a heart beat, but only as a last resort.. One last comment, i will add.. I have bought a few trucks from the state of Arkansas, all with red fuel in the tank... I guess they are exempt, or there is some paper work involved at the end of the year for using it..

 

[MMeier]

Come down here to Texas to the parking lot of a livestock or farm equipment auction, and chances are you can watch and experience it firsthand.

Rusty

Or Colorado, or Oklahoma , or , got the idea !?