Last week I was in a meeting with CAT and this came up, as of last week, the sulphur level was 70ppm. They started sending it down the pipeline a couple of months ago, however, due to all of the old diesel being in the lines, what comes out is higher than 5ppm.

The pipeline from Houston to Denver a couple of months ago was sent 5ppm diesel down it. When it got to its destination, it was over 2500ppm. Its just a gradually lessening of the ppm in order to achieve the 5ppm max.

That's cool information. But do you know how the low sulfur fuel at the moment compares lubricity-wise with the old stuff? I don't even know how you'd test for lubricity, but I'm sure they have a way?

Oops, my bad. That was a different forum that has a rule against non-sponsor links.

http://www.lubecontrol.com/

Check it out. Good stuff.

You must be one of those oil nerds from BITOG. :p

I was under the impression that the veggie-oil and seals problems could be fixed by replacing the stock seals with newer (synthetic) ones? Considering that my entire way around the ULSD-panic was to run veggie oil, that'd be kind of ironic.

Begle1.
yes, after the pump has been rebuilt,there is no problem with veggie and bio..........Acording to bakers diesel ,who's appinion i trust and respect.

Oh yeah - I am WAY into lubrication! All kinds... [whistle]

Mine also doesn't idle exactly right before it's warmed up. It isn't really rough, it just sounds like it misses occasionally. That, and it hazes a bit, even on a warm day before it's up to operating temp. I try to run PS every tank, but I also forgot a lot this summer. I may just have to switch to an engine oil-lubed pump if this one quits ;)

So why is it that canada has 22ppm diesel and 15 ppm? What is the ppm on the low sulfer diesel right now? I used to know, but can't remember.[duhhh]
Aaron

499 ppm and falling[yuk]

I think missing and hazing are both symptoms that point to a leaky injector.

[verymad] [verymad] I just looked at your link for ulsd and looks like california is already down to 15ppm. I have been noticing (and trying to ignore) the racket coming out of my VE that I hear when coming off hte freeway and idling around. We'll see how long it holds out. It has 215,000 miles and no rebuild.

Ya i was trying to put some high light of it out there but didn't realize i was being a vary bad boy[tapdshut]

Every one of us should go read them links that ......Apwatson50 posted......Here i will just re post them!!!!!

http://www.chevron.com/products/prod.../ulsd.shtml#A2

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006...lowsulfur.html

this is going to afect us all and is worth the read!!!![director]

The injectors were new less than 10,000 miles ago... Maybe I'll just use it as an excuse to try some EDM's ... My poor transmission [redface] [coffee]

Now you're talking[coffee] How is it we can turn any thread topic to performance in less than three pages?[laugh]

One look at the signatures on this site and it's pretty easy to figure out [coffee] [laugh] Sorry for hijacking. I don't think they would lower sulfur without adding some type of lubricant, or there would be a lot of dead pumps and a lot of unhappy people.