Letter Re: Can I Burn Off Road Diesel Fuel in a Modern Diesel Engine?
Jim I have experience with both off and on road diesels mechanical and electronic control. Normally off road fuel is ok to run in all mechanically fuel injected engines from a performance standpoint. (But legality is another matter.) However, both Stanidyne and Delphi produce an electromechanical pump for some on road applications that use an electric eye to read timing. These types of fuel systems cannot be run on dyed fuel. I repeat cannot be run on off road fuel. Second and of primary importance is fuel quality all electronic fuel injection systems are very sensitive to fuel contamination and …