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Re: Re: Re: Diesel fuel vs Home heating oil
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Posted by john on November 05, 2002 at 10:29:33 from (199.248.185.2):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Diesel fuel vs Home heating oil posted by deadeye on November 05, 2002 at 07:42:43:
Hi.. I am a petroleum chemist with approx. 21 years of petroleum specification background. For what it is worth there is a major difference between diesel fuel and home heating oil. Diesel fuel for engines contains an additive and often a cetane improver. Cetane is similar to octane in gasoline. Every diesel engine has a minimum cetane value that it needs to run properly. Usually a 40 cetane is acceptable, but some engines require a 45 . I would be concerned about burning diesel fuel in my home furnace because of the effects on the air fuel ratio that the diesel fuel aditives would have. Most engines however will not immediately suffer from a low cetane. Over time you will begin to notice a sluggish performance from the engine with an overall loss of power.
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