First I've Seen

[haulin8or]

FYI, the 500 PPM sulpher is the same fuel we've been using for quite some time, the stickers are to tell you not to use that fuel in 2007 or newer diesels because they are under the new EPA regs.
I forget, but I think the new ULSD is like 50 PPM?
So unless you own a 2007 or newer truck, (does anyone yet?) this sticker means nothing.
Relax, any changes in performance are your imagination
BTW, I hope you all are using a good fuel additive already.

Thats the way I understand it. The new sulfer standard will be 15 ppm! (why bother to put any in at that point) Yes, the stickers are out early to warn the 2007 people, however, I read that by 2010 ALL diesel fuel refined in the US will have to meet the new ultra-low standard.

Here is the article I read

 

[jguzman75]

So, the 2007 folks aren't going to be able to use the 550 ppm fuel?

 

[jguzman75]

Relax, any changes in performance are your imagination
BTW, I hope you all are using a good fuel additive already.[/QUOTE]

With this new stuff I noticed a much smoother and slight quicker acceleration, kinda feels like when you run a small bit of acetone in the tank or a small bit of transmission fluid, just a little more kick.

 

[MUDWHISTLE]

With this new stuff I noticed a much smoother and slight quicker acceleration, kinda feels like when you run a small bit of acetone in the tank or a small bit of transmission fluid, just a little more kick.[/QUOTE]

How much ATF would one run in a 20 gallon tank?

 

[jguzman75]

1/2 to 3/4 of a quart to 20-24 gallons

 

[jopes]

Everything I have read on the ultra low sulfer diesel fuels is it has to meet specific lubericity do the diesel engines are not harmed from the new fuels. yes removing sulfer removes the lubericity but they have to add more additives to bring it back up to the ASTM specs.

 

[snowman]

i don't know how many of you run farm fuel or bio-diesel..and if you do your pretty much set. the soy methylester (sp?) is supposed to be actually lubricating better than the sulphur is. on our farm we are running b-2 premium soy diesel

 

[Hoss 350]

Took off the the beach this weekend and while filling up noticed a sticker on the pump saying that I was filling up with low sulfur diesel that has been known to cause major mechanical problems in engines 2007 and older. I knew that this was coming I just didnt think it was so soon. I promptly went to the part store to look for some kind of additive to put in the tank and just as I thought no one knew what I was talking about. The salesman told me that I must be wrong and stated " You mean to tell me that everytime some fills up with diesel there going to have to put a bottle of something in the tank? That can't be." I called my brother, who has a trucking company to tell him, and he had something he was putting in his trucks for months. It promises the world lubrication, cleans injectors, increased fuel economy, higher cetane level, etc. I put it in and WOW what difference Power was huge and a little better fuel economy, I'll know more when I fill up next.

Gosh, I wish I'd seen this sooner, you guys are getting all revved up over nothing. He misread the sticker above. The sticker said it is LOW SULPHUR DIESEL (which we've all been running since 1992) not ULTRA LOW SULPHUR diesel, which is what is coming out in Spetember. THe sticker he read said that it causes damage in 2007 and NEWER vehicles, not older. 2007 and newer need ULTRA low sulphur fuel or else the particulate filter will become clogged and not work properly.

The warning sticker is there to warn people that have 2007 and newer vehicles that the LOW SULPHUR diesel (THE OLD STUFF) will hurt their rigs, and they need ULTRA low sulphur diesel (THE NEW STUFF).

You do NOT need to worry about what fuel you run in a 2006 and older vehicle. They will run Ultra low and low suplphur diesel interchangeably.

It is true that the process to remove sulphur also reduces lubricity, but the refineries are required by law to add lubricity back into the mix to meet the same standard that the previous fuels met as far as lubricity is concerned. you do not have to add anything into the new ULSD to make it work flawlessly and without damage to your 2006 and older diesel vehicle .

There are so many rumors flowing around about this change, that it is kind of funny. No one will even notice a difference when the new fuel comes out, except for your truck won't stink as much as it does now. Only difference...