i have 76k of red in mine and no probs yet...........mine even smokes red....

 

On another forum I heard that the dye acts as a lubricant as well. Not sure if it's true.

nick

 

last time i bought red it was usld they are only making one type of diesel from what the distributor told me

 

That wouldn't surprise me. That's why you should always use some sort of lubricity additive.

Nick

 

They still make the old fuel. Lowell, IN Pilot sells both LSD and ULSD. Half the pumps are one and the rest the other. Heard reports of Flying J's in other places doing the same. Most places just sell one or the other. My fuel stop still has LSD for the time being... No difference between the red and the taxed the only thing you have to watch for is the quality of the fuel. Even if my truck was offroad only I wouldn't think of running the red fuel out of our farm tank in it. That stuff sits for months but our tractors don't have hpcr's and seem to love it!

 

After Katrina, the use of dyed off road fuel was allowed for about 3 or 4 months, then it was stopped. If you chose to run the red fuel, you were required to file it on your income tax, providing the number of gallons purchased for over the road applications and pay the associated over the road tax.

No, not here in Alabama.

 

That was only for a brief time in Louisiana and Mississippi. You were only to have enough put on to get to another station. If caught in another state with it, you would have been fined heavily.

 

I can run it legally here; Manitoba, Canada. 220,000 miles of "purple diesel" as we call it. No problems, though I don't believe it lubricates more than undyed.
We also have dyed gas here. If you let it sit long enough, it turns clear. It could possibly pose a problem for smaller engines, clogging carbs/injectors, as the dye seems to settle. Not sure if the diesel turns clear, have never checked.

 

for sure the biggest problem with reddye is the tanks that is comes out of....i have two above ground tanks and they are terribly dirty and less that five years old....not sure how???maybe the fuel comes that way....none of my equipment seems to mind, but i would never fill my truck from those tanks.

 

a guy I know in N. Mexico was hammered for using it on the road the penalty added up to years of legal fuel

 

It's diesel fuel, it's made to run diesel engines.

 

Not legal in Alberta, unless you have FARM plates, and are using it for farm work.

 

When your running the dyed fuel does it smoke a different color when you romp on it or just driving the highway?

 

If using it for FARM work only- no it does not do anything different.

 

Thats what the truck is used for anyway is ranchwork.