Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) Red diesel

[KKunz]

Does red diesel have more sulfur in it than Highway diesel? Are there any differences in on and off highway diesel other than the dye and the taxes one pays?

 

[BlakeDavis]

i have heard they are the same but i read in Farm Journal that off road off road fuel didnt have to be ULSD until 2010, when the next level of EPA regs kick in

 

[R_Painter]

red diesel has a lot more sulfur in it the the on road diesel I know around here if they pull you off and dip your tank and it comes out red it is a pretty hefty fine. I have even seen they dot officer had a diesel mercedes pulled over and was dipping the tank

 

[johncameron]

I find that hard to believe because if "red" fuel was of lesser quality wouldn't that kill all the injection pumps on farm tractors?? I highly doubt cummins has different VP-44 injection pumps for pickup trucks and tractors/bulldozer applications.



Home heating oil, for sure that isn't the same.



My . 02$

 

[R_Painter]

It lubrictes to same but there is no road tax on it hense the reason heating oil,kerosene,and OFF road diesel is cheaper than ON road diesel

 

[Jed]

Because all on road fuel is now USL that is all that is made in or imported to the USA. All home heating oil, red diesel and marine diesel are the same fuel from the same pipeline. The die is added at the terminal.

 

[MMeier]

Because all on road fuel is now USL that is all that is made in or imported to the USA. All home heating oil, red diesel and marine diesel are the same fuel from the same pipeline. The die is added at the terminal.

Thank you!!!! Here we go again!

 

[KKunz]

Well I hope I didn’t start some thing all over again. I was just trying to get an idea if all diesels were the same or not. Is there any thing other than fuel additive to add to diesel to up the sulfur or the lubricity?

 

[Ragain]

I have a Cummins Big Cam 400 in my '86 Pete, I dump a gallon of motor oil in tanks @ fuel up because its a lot cheaper than additives. Cummins Rep tells me it is perfectly fine to do this for extra lubricity. Some guys even dump used oil in their tanks, but I would not do that in my Dodge because that darned VP-44 seems so sensitive.

 

[MMeier]

Diesel is diesel, plain and simple the dye is added at the rack to denote off road, thats all, same sulphur, etc. The dye is special so when tested with a PROPER spectrometer test, it will show up as dye. MMO does not use the same dye, nor will you find it in ATF. Sure, some rookie with a badge and a gun could look and see "red" stuff in your fuel, but unless they have the spectrometer they can't tell what it actually is. NEXT !!! :-laf

 

[ACoyle]

Just curious. After Katrina, I read on this board that some people needed to use "Red" to get out of the area. Does the dye permanent stains, in the fuel system? After a few tanks of "on road" diesel, would the prior use be undetectable?



A bunch of years ago, I used to use "Blue Sunoco" in my Fairlane GT. The iventuri of my Carburetor was Blue.



Just askin

AC