I was reading in some 4x4 magazine that the standard of diesel is fixing to change during the summer. The sulfur standard is getting kicked down from 500 part per million to 15 parts per million. This leads to much cleaner emmisions. The process destroys the natural lubricity of the fuel, so they now have an additive that will make it better than before. The article also discussed the future of biodiesel and what not. I was kind of skeptical about the new diesel. What do you guys think? What have you heard?

 

ChuckW,
If you live east of I-35 you're probably using it now. As of Feb 1st East Texas must use TxLED low sulphur diesel. I'm using it and so far noticed less soot and the engine runs good. Guess the cetane rating of 48 helps.
I will still add Power Service Diesel Klean and a little TCW-3 for extra lubrication.

MikeyB

 

Adding 2% bio would really help the lubricity loss.

 

The vast majority of diesel owners will never know the difference.
Many are using it already without their knowledge.

 

Newer diesels, no sweat, that's what they are designed for. My understanding is older engines that use fuel to lubricate the fuel pumps/injectors will have some problems. For us, that would mean 98 and older 12V's. I am looking into converting to bio/wvo and this is one of the reasons. In the meantime after the low sulpher conversion starts, I will just throw in a splash of 2 cycle oil at fill-up.