Ive heard that you should put a gallon of kerosene in your ctd durring the winter to keep everything all nice and cleaned out.....is this pure crazzyness or is this true

 

If you buy fuel from a high turnover station, keep your filter drained of water often and change it regularly per maintence schedule, you have no need to add anything. Truck stops and high turnover stations sell fuel blended for the season, eliminating any fuel problems whatever the weather.

 

The reason for the kerosene is to thin out the diesel fuel so it doesn't gel up during the cold weather. You only need to worry about that if the temps stay around 0 degrees for days on end. Ray is right...most big stations will have pre-blended fuel if it's needed for your region.

 

Back in the years when I had my 89, I would put as much as five gallons in a full tank to keep the fuel moving in the cold weather. I didn't trust the stations to always have blended fuel. That was before they put the three foot hoses on the pumps so you can't do that any more. The engine will run fine, it's just that kero has less lubricity than diesel so it's not real good for the pumps on the newer engines. Most of the attendants won't know if they have blended fuel or chocolate fuel so it's up to you to keep yourself going.

 

WILL A CUMMINS RUN ON ANYTHING I know of.............propane,keresene,nos,natural gas,diesel,bio diesel,peanut butter................. well maybe not that last one, but is there any more out there that wont tare it up ??????

 

According to the owners manual it will run on:

#1 Diesel
#2 Diesel
Blend of #1 and #2 (winter fuel)
A couple of flavors of Jet Fuel: Jet-A, Jet-A1, JP-5 and JP-8
Kerosene 1K and 2K.

You should only use #1 in extreme cold, think Arctic Circle.

Jet fuel and kerosene in an emergency with 5% motor oil to keep things lubed.

Here's some good reading on fuels.
http://dodgeram.org/tech/dsl/FAQ/diesel_fuel.htm


phox

 

Stanadyne sells an additive that allows you to run Kero or jet fuel, it's called Lubricity Formula. You will have less power and fuel economy on the lighter fuels. #2 Diesel is the best all around except for in cold weather.

 

Take a look at the info in this report. Bosch makes a strong and validated case for adequate fuel lubricity in our VP 44 pumps.
http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/gasoline...22003bosch.pdf

Even with regular old #2 diesel fuel, a lubricity enhancing additive is a good idea.

 

Id not fear using alternate fuels in a 12valve, but i would be in the 24v. Self Lubrication qualities differ between the two. On an emergency basis maybe.

 

thanks for the post bro