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Just a hypothetical question, if you were stuck in the back blocks somewhere and your diesel was close on empty, but you had a supply of Kerosene or were able to get some close by, could that be used in lieu of Diesel in the short term to get you from point A to B ????

This is what these two Yank sites say about it confuse

http://toad.net/~jsmeenen/fuel.html  

http://alternativefuels.about.com/od/biodiesel/a/dieselquestion.htm  (see extract below)

For illustration purposes only, following is a (mostly complete) list of fuels that can be burned in a diesel engine:



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Hi Vic

I am not a diesel technician but I wouldn't be putting kerosene in my diesel ,kerosene is an abrassive liquid not good for the old engine bore.

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Depends on how far A to B is, I suppose. But my worry would be how long the kero stays in the system and causes problems (if there are any). Maybe it's something to consider in an emergency but otherwise not a good idea.

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My son-in -law works for BP refinery, reckon i should ask him if he can find out from a BP chemist !!

just a thought eh !!
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Interesting question DUH but not a simple one.

Diesel has a calorific value of 44,800 kj/kg of fuel and kero 46,200 (from an American chart) so quite close in power delivered, BUT diesel is itself a lubricant and kero is not for the purposes of a normal modern diesel engine and it's fuel components.

Some O rings and rubber seals will expand VERY quickly if in contact with kero and it could be very expensive to fix.

I wouldn't do it as you don't know how far you could drive before something stuffs up, it would be a life and death situation before I tried kero in a modern diesel.



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Thanks for all the info and feedback all, I was just curious if it was a viable option, but doesn't sound like it unless it was to get you out of a dire situation in an emergency......will stick to diesel, lol !

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I have , inadvertently put petrol into my diesel, not in huge quantities, but up to 30%, and run my older style hilux with seemingly no damage , but the newer commonrail diesels run at such high pressures that damage could be very expensive. Home made biodiesel didn,t seem to hurt the hilux as they were designed to run on vegetable oil, but not kero. Some of the newer diesels don,t even like less refined diesel! I will stick to diesel if I can get it. Bill

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