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VK6BE > CARS 10.07.08 02:19l 20 Lines 920 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Ethanol in Race cars
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From: VK6BE@VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC
To : CARS@WW
Ray has it right. I was driving a small diesel truck to Perth a few years
ago when I pulled in to a roadhouse to get fuel. I was standing chatting
to the pump attendant when I took a sniff and said, "What are you putting
in there?" It was petrol. He switched to the diesel pump and told me that
that miuch petrol would not do any harm and I got that lot free. He was
right anyway as I noticed no difference in the running of the nehicle.
Bob VK6BE.
>
> Up to 30% petrol can be added to diesel to improve the cold weather
> characteristics of some diesel, but the higher octane rating (cetane
> rating for diesel) of petrol doesn't produce a more explosive mix and cause
> engine damage as bush mechanics would suggest might happen. In fact
> the octane rating of the petrol and the cetane rating of the diesel are
> both reduced when the products are mixed together.
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