From: Everette (194cbteng@bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat Apr 09 2005 - 19:29:01 PDT
To make is possible for me to sleep in dry and eat regular, in addition to
being talk show host I repair steam/cleaners pressure washers - 99% of the
oil fired units use a fuel pump like is used in oil fired home heating
units, a gear drive pump - I have noticed in the last many years I have been
doing this work that there are more pumps that fail using kerosene than fail
with diesel - this is pumps that appear to fail from wear and not as most do
from having something other than fuel poured in fuel tank - water,
detergent, etc.
And I have also noticed that if the units get a fuel additive used in them
life is longer.
Most common thing that kills fuel pump is the fellow who is in a hurry and
does not check fuel before he starts and it runs out of fuel then he grabs
first container he sees and gets more fuel - what ever was in container
before he adds fuel gets poured in tank also - no complaints from me - if
all my customers were perfect it would have a negative effect on my
income....
E
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Kirkley" <mojoedd@bellsouth.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Does Jet fuel harm Diesel Engines?
> I've used jet fuel for years in my diesels with never a problem. When I
was
> gainfully employed at a major airline BEFORE all the new "security"
> measures, we would put all the sump drains into 55 gallon barrels and each
> Mechanic would get to fill his/her vehicle with it. We did mix in some
> Varsol for lubrication and I never heard of any problems from anyone.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ed
>
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