Can you find (on the web) the study? Maybe we could mobilize the members
here and other commercial interests...
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: JEFF HAIN-MATSON <flmv@flmv.net>
To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] low sulfer diesel fuel
> your correct.
> the reason that government and emergency vehicles are exempt form using
low
> sulfur diesel is a special exemption passed by congress +-90 days after we
all
> had the crap fuel rammed down our throats. the army showed a study it did
in
> europe 4 or 5 years before we got the fuel here, there conclusion was that
if you
> use low sulfur diesel fuel in a vehicle exclusively the end result is
> "CATASTROPHIC FAILURE" of the engine in the vehicle. this is due mostly to
the
> much lower lubricity and the fact that the new fuel shrinks rubber instead
of
> expanding it. just ask any pump shop, they can tell you all about it.
>
> its not just a tax issue.
>
> jeff
>
> jonathon wrote:
>
> > >Jon.......hate to burst your bubble but as a Commercial Vehicle
inspector,
> > >I'm a HazMat inspector too.....so I get to see lots of manifests and
lots of
> > >fuels......the red dye is there to color the fuel and make it
identifiable
> > >as a tax exempt fuel when in use and in non bulk containers such as
fuel
> > >tanks so we can catch tax cheats.
> >
> > So you seem to think that the only difference between yellow and red
fuel is
> > the color????? I hate to burst YOUR bubble, being an expert and all,
but
> > there is more than just a color difference. On my priority list the life
of
> > my engine comes first, the environment second, and the tax man third.
> >
> > je
> >
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