Anyone know of aftermarket or filtration systems used to burn offroad diesel in a pickup. I understand that burning off road (DyedFuel) plugs the injectors up and ruins the pump.Any info on a solution would be helpful.

What is "road diesel". Then you said "dyed fuel". The fuel that is dyedred is actually high sulpher fuel and is actually a better lubricant. It isfor "OFF ROAD" use though. A $10,000 fine is in order if the epa finds itin a truck operated on the public roads. It does not plug anything up orruin the pump. BUT you do need to run it out and not get caught with it inthere.

The engine will run better on the off-road fuel and it will not harm anything. DO NOT GET CAUGHT. I did get caught ang it cost me 12,000 for the fine, 1500 for the attorney, and they kept the truck in impound ubtil the case was settled (10 months, 3 days) at a coct of 5.00 per day and a 125.00 wrecker bill.Unknown wrote:

Burning Off Road Fuel?

Apr 08, 2004 25 Replies

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Tyrone 22 years ago

Hey maybe he knows something nobody else knows. I mean, I got a friend that was running that red dyed fuel in his PowerStroke, when his power steering hose blew. Then his airconditioner in his house took a crap. Then his girlfriend got pregnant. So you see, that red fuel can clog filters, cause power steering hoses to fail, make your home A/C take a dump and get your girlfriend pregnant. Based on all of these apparent results of running that red fuel, I don't know why anyone would even think of taking the chance. Truly bad stuff.

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Kevin Bottorff 22 years ago

tango wrote in news:Xns94C8756610D6624@216.168.3.44:

I have been around big equipment most of my life 50 years, and he is full of it. the fuel will not do any filter cloging on a dozer. Maby he is using a crap tank to haul fuel in but the fuel itself is not doing it. KB

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davcook 22 years ago

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Demon 22 years ago

Yes, dyed diesel is to destinguish the same fuel for tax exemtion purposes. I'm a HD mechanic at an industrial diesel engine rebuild shop. And all of our engines are dyno run before leaving the shop. We have our own free standing 300 gallon fuel tank and we only burn dyed fuel, because it's tax exempt, because an engine on a dyno cart isn't exactly "street legal". But these guys got you straightened out.......... dirt in and around a D9's filter......... no........... who'd a thunk it.......that's why filters are there.

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Steve Barker 22 years ago

The "dyed" off road fuel is more often than not also high sulpher content.

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Demon 22 years ago

True, because the machines that use it aren't subject to the same emissions regulations that class 8 highway tractors are.

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