Not running off road diesel?

[robin824]

Yanmar 2210
I need to know, what do I need to mix in pump diesel?
Because the store down the road that sells off road diesel, there pump went down, and I'll need to run the car diesel, and I just got I injector pump rebuilt last year..
Thanks to Any who can help..

 

[California]

Same fluid. Red Diesel just has dye added to indicate no road taxes are included in the retail price.

 

[scootr]

If storing for any period of time add a biocide

 

[Lastkidpicked]

Both @scootr and @California are right.

Back in the old days, especially in the midwest, the off road diesel still had sulfer added.

That went away about 20 years ago and they are exactly the same thing now, except the dye.

 

[mjonesnh]

Run road diesel in my New Holland. No different than red diesel except for dye, not enough volume to have fuel card for no-tax fuel. Do run an additive winter and summer for extra lube in injectors. Also gives me anti-gel in cold weather. Would do the same with red fuel if I used it

 

[lman]

Here you just go to a station selling off road diesel and fill up your container(s). No card is needed.

 

[mjonesnh]

Here you just go to a station selling off road diesel and fill up your container(s). No card is needed.

In my area no station selling red fuel. Only 2 places in my area that carry off road, both have card readers and send you a bill monthly. One un-manned set of pumps, another at a farm service store but have to have a card issued by state for purchase. Used to have 1 distributor with red diesel with no card required but went out of business years ago. Do have several distributors that will deliver fuel with 250 gal./min. with account,

 

[California]

Likewise here, no ID needed to buy red diesel. It's simply another pump at the gas station in rural areas.

As for sulfur, it is common in raw petroleum, and costly to refine down to low-sulfur. That's why modern low-sulfur road diesel is more expensive than gasoline. It used to be half the cost because it didn't have complex refining.

I've read that Valero in Houston(?) was the first to invest in de-sulfuring additions to their refinery. This made it possible to refine Venezuelan high-sulfur crude at a time when the price of that variety had fallen due to lesser demand.

And the variety called 'sweet' crude, means naturally low sulfur.

 

[Hay Dude]

Here you just go to a station selling off road diesel and fill up your container(s). No card is needed.

Same in PA. No authoritarian dictators crushing truckers or farmers too much here (yet).
We already have way too many regulations.

 

[nybirdman]

I have used on road for 20+years with no problems,add Powerservice year round.
Winter blend starts about Nov.1 in upstate NY.