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From: "Joe Shannon" <fordpart@bellsouth.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 2:01 AM
Subject: [MV] Diesel
> Using kerosene carries the same fine from the DOT at using red or off
> road fuel as neither one is taxed for road use.
>
This is serious here too, maybe more so, fuel duty is within the ambit of HM
Customs and Excise, gas oil, pink diesel or cherryade as it is known can
drop you for a first offence 1,000 UKP fine, C&E have panel van mobile labs
and use them; allegedly even a sample of tail-pipe soot can be used to
define a previous offence.
Recently a waiver has been made for the addition of small amounts of
paraffin (kerosene) up to 1 pint/gallon to aid older vehicles that have
problems with excess octane ratings, vapour locks and carb icing. We
certainly have common experience now with icing hassles on many WWII
vehicles and later carburated types, whilst the multi-national oil companies
are highly reticent about discussing their formulation/refining it would
seem the volatility (not to be confused with octane) has been noticeably
raised to alleviate cold-start pollution, fine in a current injected engine
but plays merry hell with the older stuff.
Richard
Southampton - England
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