Kerosene in fuel filter

[dusthomps]

I was at my buddies yesterday and noticed that when he changed his fuel filter, he refilled it with kerosene. Asked him about it and he said he had heard its good for cleaning the fuel system. Any truth to this, or is it actually harder on the fuel system?





Dustin

 

[steveinaz]

kerosene is #1 diesel. i use atf in all my equipment that is diesel powered.

 

[Paychk]

If it has a VE pump, fuel = lubrication.

What little cleaning action he would get, would be offset by the wear to the pump IMO. Filling the filter is ok, but I would just screw the filter on empty and pump it full with the lever on the lift pump, that way you know all of it was filtered.

 

[AlK]

ATF is not meant to be burned and I would question the wisdom of adding it to the fuel.

 

[Paychk]

Check this page:



http://dodgeram.org/tech/dsl/FAQ/diesel_fuel.htm



Scroll down to "Using Other Fuels in a Ram Diesel"



if you add 5% new clean lube oil to alternate fuels such as kerosene then it can be used "IN EMERGENCIES ONLY"

 

[steveinaz]

Originally posted by AlK

ATF is not meant to be burned and I would question the wisdom of adding it to the fuel.

ever hear of a multi-fuel diesel? such as in a military application.

p. s. i have been adding atf to my new fuel filters for ten years and have never had any pump or injector related problems to date. trying to run a pump with air in it will kill it .

 

[bmoeller]

Hope you are using an ATF that has no friction modifiers in it, if there is such a thing.

 

[JLEONARD]

I've used kerosene many times in the past. Usually I have that around so it's convenient. I don't think a few minutes of idle time on kero will hurt anything.

Jay