XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Mon, 6 Feb 2023 22:16:25 -0500, Mighty✅ Wannabe✅ wrote:   
      
      
   > I don't know if you are being sarcastic. I oversimplified the   
   > terminologies but everybody in aviation industry says Jet A1 is just   
   > very clean kerosene. And I am not kidding about pumping the Jet A1 fuel   
   > into the diesel fuel tank and add one quart of motor oil. It was   
   > recommended by my employer at the airport. I am sure it is done   
   > everywhere else too.   
      
   Yes, I'm being sarcastic. Petroleum refining is a bit more complex than   
   adding a quart of motor oil to kerosene. The aviation industry covers its   
   ass thoroughly. There are a few diesel aircraft engines and the question   
   comes up. The problem is diesels require a certain cetane (similar to   
   octane in gas engines) rating. Turbines don't require cetane, only   
   compression engines, so A-1 has no specification. It *probably* has   
   sufficient cetane but nobody is going to stick their neck out.   
      
      
   > By the way, have you ever seen a fuel truck going to the gas station to   
   > get diesel fuel in your whole life? I believe they pump gasoline fuel   
   > (if they are delivery gasoline) into their own diesel fuel tank and then   
   > add whatever number of quarts of motor oil to get the octane down to the   
   > diesel level (25-40).   
      
    A driver that did that would be walking very shortly. Diesel   
   engines are expensive.  What makes you think they don't fill   
   their tanks with diesel at the same place where they load the gasoline? Or   
   one of those places commonly called truck stops?   
      
   I hate to feed your fantasies but there is one DIY blend but it isn't   
   recommended. #2 diesel has paraffin and will gel as the temperatures get   
   below freezing and the paraffin starts to crystallize. Most northern truck   
   stops have winter blend, which is a mixture of #1 and #2. Some in places   
   like North Dakota have pumps with straight #1. However if caught short   
   with a tank of #2 on their way to Fargo, the old timers would add a gallon   
   or two of gasoline to the tank.   
      
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