Squizzy246B
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As to the comment on fuel quality I don't buy into that in any way. The USA has gone to low sulfer diesel which has an inherent need to produce higher quality fuel. Very shortly we will be using ultralow sulfer diesel which has to be even better. If you are getting dirt or water in your fuel, your supplier should be getting cooked on the same burner as the Volvo salesman.
John, Western Australia has been on Low Sulphur since 2000. The issue is not dirt or water in the fuel...its a case of manufacture quality being good enough for the new generation engines. The political spin on low sulphur said things like "cleaner" and higher quality" ... well, aside from the reduction in sulphur and various additives for lubricity nothing has changed...its as simple as that. Please have a read of this:
http://www.fuelsavingsite.com/articles/diesel_fuel_quality.php
I've no doubt that this guy is spin doctoring to some extent because of his "vested interest but he does put it in a nut shell. Not 12 years ago when I was handling a lot of fuel the shelf life of diesel was measured in years...up to 100 years for NATO spec F76....now we are talking months or weeks.
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