Is red dye fuel bad?
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Should'nt be, farmers all over the U.S. run it in most all of their machinary
year 'round. I lived in agricultural areas and never heard of any flak besides
price.
year 'round. I lived in agricultural areas and never heard of any flak besides
price.
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It is illeagal to run red dyed fuel in trucks that drive on the road, as it is not taxed.
Furthur, we do not discuss things that are illeagal on the DTR... However, if you are talking about an off road farm truck, that is not used on public roads... then you are good.
Make sure that this is not a discussion about running this on the road.
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Furthur, we do not discuss things that are illeagal on the DTR... However, if you are talking about an off road farm truck, that is not used on public roads... then you are good.
Make sure that this is not a discussion about running this on the road.
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Im usually runnin up cows on our property and its a farm truck anyway, but I needed to put some fuel in it and all I had was red dye and was wondering if it would clog up my injectors or mess up my pumps or anything like that.
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Then, yeah, no worries. The only things that I would worry about is if the tank that the off road diesel was is was clean enough to keep fuel good in, and if the truck is a 2007.5, them I'd worry that the dyed fuel was not ULSD yet.
Other than that, it would not hurt anything.
Other than that, it would not hurt anything.
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Dont forget,the DOT temporaily approved the use of red dyed diesel fuel for on road use in several southern states following a couple of hurricanes that hit the gulf a few years back!
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as long as your truck doesnt require ULSD then its fine, and the farm diesel is actually better for your engine because the dye used in it is also a lubricant.