Posted by jdemaris on September 27, 2008 at 15:55:26 from (72.171.0.140):
In Reply to: Re: OT 6.5 Chevy diesel posted by Brian Jasper co. Ia on September 27, 2008 at 12:06:35:
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"JP8 which easily has only 2/3 the btu content of #2 diesel"
That's incorrect. JP8 has about 6% less BTU energy per gallon as compared to #2 diesel.
JP8 has 123,069 BTUs per gallon. #1 diesel has 125,207 #2 diesel has 131,207
In regard to statistics about engine failures - I can't say exactly how the numbers are calculated. I've bought over a dozen military 6.5s that were sold as unrepairable. Came over here by the 1000s in large shipping containers. Every one I took apart had serious problems - but some could be fixed.
Thin fuel and high heat don't work well in any distributor pump. It's the distributor section of the pump that has problems, not the high pressure pumping portion of the pump. The military had many problems with A1 tank fuel, and less with JP8. But, not enough less. There's no work around that anyone's found other then converting to an inline pump. That's not feasible on the 6.5. Stanadyne came out with an "Arctic Fuel" upgrade kit that was supposed to make the pump more tolerant of thin fuel - and it didn't work.
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