If it's available use only premium fuel. In my area we have only one source of premium fuel and that's from Southern States Petroleum. Have never had a fuel issue with their fuel and started buying it way back(70's) when it was named super green. It's red now but still has the same quality. Last msds sheet I got says it's 52 cetane. Can't find that any place else around. Their storage tank rotation and maintenance is impressive. Farm storage tanks can present problems even if you by good fuel. Use no less than 10 micron filter on the bulk tank. Many are going with 2 micron in areas with know fuel issues.
I have one of the newer engines. It's a water cooled Deutz Fahr german engine. 96 hp and very impressive with fuel usage. Doing light yard work it'll use 1 gal. per hour. Pulling a 7 shank chisel plow it uses 3.2 gal. per hour. Low engine rpm from idling to just above there's no diesel slobber. Has full torque at around 1,250 rpms. Rare to see a puff of smoke from this engine.
I wonder too about the high fuel pressure and how that'll play out as the years go by. If nothing else it would seem 20,000+ pressure would wear the fuel lines out over time. No one knows at this time because these systems are still new and haven't tested time yet.
What I have observed with fuel issues from the farm to where I work off farm is obvious though. My work place used Southern States off road fuel for 11 years. Once fuel prices got high they switched to another local supplier that was a few pennies cheaper. Since then they've had to replace injector pumps on every piece of yard equipment but one Cat bucket loader. Hyster with Perkins engine had had 2 occasions of filling the crankcase with duel. Liebherr knuckle boom has had 1 pump issue and Wagner 90 has had 1 issue. It appears it's from lack of lube. The premium fuel I started off writing about has lube added. So I think they should have stayed with the premium fuel.
Fuel savings vs cost. I can't comment on my own since I've had no issues. But the mill has sure spent some extra money for fuel issues in my opinion.
If you have proven premium fuel in your area, use it. It's well worth the extra cost.
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