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Old 10-20-2020, 05:06 AM   #16 (permalink)
SkauneJohan
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The cruiser - '93 Mercedes 200D
90 day: 38.11 mpg (US)

The rocket - '94 Mercedes E220
90 day: 32.29 mpg (US)

miss Habanero - '95 Audi A6 2.5 TDi Avant
90 day: 43.52 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr View Post
Diesel is still usually heavier than kerosene, harder to ignite with a cigarette lighter for example, yet some winterized Diesel fuel has kerosene added to prevent it from gelling on extremely cold weather.
Yes in the rest of the world it is, here they have the same "diesel" year round, only difference is the nowadays 7% added biodiesel for lubricity, before there were many blown injector pumps on diesel engines due to lack of lubricity, especially lucas and the ones on gm v8 diesels


Density of real diesel is around .820-.845g/cm3

Ultralowsulfurcrap here has density of .780-.800g/cm3

Kerosene has density of .780-.810g/cm3


Viscosity [mm²/s] of real diesel is 2.0-4.5

Viscosity [mm²/s] Ultralowsulfur "diesel" here 1.4-2.0

Viscosity [mm²/s] kerosene 1.3-2.5

Boiling point etc is also same as kerosene

If you have turbine powered model airplane you dont need to find jet fuel just go to the local gas station and get "diesel" the small amount of biodiesel added usually doesnt even gum up the turbine

This also makes the fuel good for blending with vegetable oil if you have an old diesel like me, but when running only ultralowsulfurdiesel, you get higher fuel consumtion and less power than on real diesel
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