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  1. Join Date
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    Hi! Just wondering if any of you guys mix in kerosene with your diesel when you fill up your tanks? I heard some diesel benz owners do this to get a smoother ride? Is that true or is that an urban myth?

    I heard about bio diesel and its benefits but i heard about the kerosene mix first and i still hear it up to now. Can anyone verify? any pros and cons?

  2. Join Date
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    #2
    Diesel is kerosene with oil.
    Jet fuel is kerosene.
    Unlike jet engines/turbines the diesel engines has lots of moving parts in its pumps and injectors that needs to be lubricated if not it will wear easily.

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    #3
    Naitanong ko iyan sa isang driver ng van. Para daw di mausok at malakas ang hatak.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oceanrider88 View Post
    Hi! Just wondering if any of you guys mix in kerosene with your diesel when you fill up your tanks? I heard some diesel benz owners do this to get a smoother ride? Is that true or is that an urban myth?

    I heard about bio diesel and its benefits but i heard about the kerosene mix first and i still hear it up to now. Can anyone verify? any pros and cons?
    there has been an existing thread about this.

    http://tsikot.yehey.com/forums/showt...light=kerosene

  5. FrankDrebin Guest
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    Diesel + Kerosene = Busted Injector = Happy Calibration Shops = Angry Vehicle Owner


  6. Join Date
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    #6
    Thanks XTO. That was really an old thread. 4 years old. Anyway I picked this link up in that thread you sent just in case others are interested in this topic.

    http://www.turbodieselregister.com/m...and_diesel.htm

    Funny, because some Mercedes Benz and VW tdi manuals advise you to add kerosene to the diesel tank.

Diesel + kerosene fuel mix