K1 Kerosene is simply water clear kerosene made to burn very cleanly in
a heater. I doubt that they care a whole lot about vapor pressure
consistency. It burns much cleaner in my torpedo heaters than #2 diesel!
#1 Diesel is of course for diesel engines and it a lot lighter, lower
viscosity (shorter molecule chains on average) than #2. Recommended for
cold weather use when you don't want to heavy molecules bonding together
and forming paraffin was in the fuel. I've haven't seen this stuff for
sale for quote a while.
#2 Diesel is standard diesel fuel. This stuff can get sort of thick in
cold weather. I had a can of it and dumped it out when it was below 10F
and the wax separation was quite noticeable. Must really gum up fuel
filters on semis in cold weather. I know that a lot of trucks have fuel
heaters to get around this problem.
There are all kinds of measure of these fuels, average viscosity,
clarity, etc. But this is how I differentiate them.
Dave
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bleffler@vnet.ibm.com wrote:
>
> Knowledgible Listers:
>
> I had the opportunity to spend some time talking with the First Sgt. of the
> local VTANG Armor company recently. The conversation turned to the dueces( M35
> 's) and other large trucks currently in use. I asked if the local ones that I
> seldom see move had been throught the upgrade cycle to the A2, etc level. He
> said they were still set up as multifuel because they no longer even used
> diesel in they. Their fuel for all tanks and trucks is now exclusively JP-8._
> He said switching to JP-8 from diesel caused lots of initial filter changes
> and headaches because of rust and sediment being broken loose and flushed
> through the fuel system. Now they have no problems at all.
>
> My question is whether this is an Army wide thing and what changes needed if
> any that would need done to recently surplused duece or 5 ton to run diesel
> only again?
>
> Can anyone tell me the differences between JP-8, K1 kersene, and #1 or 2
> diesel?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
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