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Re: Re: Re: Re: Diesel fuel vs Home heating oil
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Posted by Bus Driver on November 05, 2002 at 16:56:26 from (65.165.152.162):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Diesel fuel vs Home heating oil posted by john on November 05, 2002 at 10:29:33:
The higher octane numbers (gasoline) burn more slowly (than lower octane numbers), higher cetane numbers (used for rating fuel for Diesel) burn more quickly (than the lower cetane numbers). These numbers are therefore quite the opposite of each other. Local grading company has 5 Caterpillar crawler loaders, 4 Caterpillar pans, a Caterpillar dozer, a JD dozer, a JD motor grader, 2 Case backhoes, etc. They run them all with the same dyed "stuff" that the same oil company delivers for use in furnaces. No problems with loss of power. My Diesel tractor has used only such fuel since it was new in 1978- no problem.
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