From: Ida Heath (spike@defuniak.com)
Date: Sun Jul 25 2004 - 18:24:50 PDT
It may very well evaporate over a long period of time but may not be in our
lifetime. I bought a diesel farm tractor that had been sitting in a barn
for about twenty years and it was three quarters full of fuel. I started it
up and it ran fine.
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: Mel Miller <nourmahal@worldnet.att.net>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Fw: The smell of old Diesel
> Howdy Vernon,
>
> Diesel is a volatile organic compound and will evaporate just as
> gasoline will, but more slowly.
>
> RVP is a measure of fuel volatility used in the Petroleum industry, It
> is determined by submerging a fuel sample, in a sealed container with a
> pressure gauge, in a 100F degree water bath. Its level is read in PSI.
>
> The Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) of most gasoline is 9.0, some low
> volatility gasolines in the South achieve a RVP of 7.8. California
> currently mandates an RVP of 6.9. Diesel fuel, in its most common
> version has an RVP of 0.4.
>
> Personally, I do not know what dried out diesel fuel residue smells
> like, but it definitely will evaporate in a vented fuel system over a
> long time.
>
> Regards,
> Mel Miller
> Corpus Christi, TX
> 361-937-3317
> M725
> M884
> M886
> 86 VW Doppelkabin Drop Side Diesel PU (OD)
>
>
> On Sunday, July 25, 2004, at 06:03 PM, Vernon Tuck wrote:
>
> > I'll be interested in hearing other responses.
> >
> > But in my experience, since diesel is an oil, old diesel smells like -
> > diesel.
> >
> > Unlike gasoline there is nothing volatile in it to evaporate off,
> > leaving a
> > residue.
>
>
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