This may be a long shot but I figured it's worth asking. Any one ever run Jet-A (Jet Fuel) in their trucks? Was just woundering if anyone possibly has and if so did you have any problems? Don't bash on me for asking I know there is a possibility of it being a stupid question just had to ask.

 

Jet Fuel in a diesel?

I would think it would blow up.

Pav

 

Well I know a buddy of mine used it in his older chevy diesel and a guy here at work runs some in his VW diesel... was just woundering about the truck because of the performance diffrences.

 

I have heard of this before. However, Jet Fuel doesn't have the lubricating properties found in diesel. The short of it was it would run but without proper lubrication...

 

I did a quick search, there are a few threads out there. Here's one:
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...et+fuel+diesel

 

Thanks bulabula, it's been a while since I been to the site.

Michael

 

"Jet Fuel" shouldn't offer a peformance benefit based solely on it's energy content - here's a short list to put things in perspective:

#1 Diesel Fuel 136,000 BTU/gal
#2 Diesel Fuel 138,500 BTU/gal
#5 Diesel Fuel 148,500 BTU/gal
#6 Diesel Fuel 152,000 BTU/gal
Propane 91,000 BTU/gal

Kerosene, Jet A and JP-8 have 125,800 BTU/gal, with JP-5 (higher flashpoint for naval operations) having about 1% less energy content. When kerosene shows up at an aviation terminal it's filtered, run through quality assurance/control and has de-ice additive blended in for starters.

JP-1, JP-2 & JP-3 haven't been used since Vietnam, and JP-4 (about 50% gasoline!) was phased out maybe 10 years ago due to flammability "problems" ()
I think JP-6 was made for an experimental bomber program that crashed - literally - back in the '50s... I remember it looked like the Concorde.
JP-7 of course was a boutique blend that was only used in the SR-71 Blackbird.

Incidentally, gasoline is down around 112-115K BTU/gal

If you really want to go faster on jet fuel, I recommend JP-9 at 142,000 BTU/gal or JP-10 at 141,500 BTU/gal; but my favorite is JP-10 because it's a single-hydrocarbon fuel, exo-tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene...

Tastes great - less filling!

Doubt you can score any though - my brother uses that stuff in some of the missiles he launches off his Hornet...

 

I ran a little JP-5 in mine, that's what we use on the air station... I was pretty scared. I put 5 gallons in a 1/4 tank, did not notice any difference.

JP-5 is lighter than water... I filled up a bucket, then went to lift it... I almost threw it over my head...

I'm thinking about finding a diesel truck on base and running jet fuel in it, and see what happens.

 

we dumped jp-5 into the diesel tanks for the diesel gen sets. when ever the jp-5 didn't meet aircraft spec's. the diesels ran hot for a while then cleaned out and made more kw/gallon of fuel. jp-5 has less lubrication. good fuel to blend with during the winter.
navy vet, 1st gulf war.
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