Cetane? How Much Is Too Much?
 

just wondering if you have your truck juiced up if you fellow the bottle directions is it possable to have too much cetane and have the wrong effect becuse thier is no cetane reading on the pump here in MN.:bombin:

Cetane (CN) isn't an ingrediant in the fuel, it is a measure of a fuel's ignition delay; the period between the start of injection and start of combustion.
In the US, diesel fuel has a CN range from 40-46 for regular diesel, if you can find premium diesel it will be around 45-50. Again, this is a measurement not a content amount.

I want some liquid centane

Clay is correct ....cheers buddy :c:

I am? whew, thats lucky, i was just making that all up. :tada:

so you did not tell me what I want to know if you add a cetane addative to a juiced up truck and fellow the directions on the bottle can it have a negitive affect like too much octane for a gas motor....

no......yer good to go...I dont believe you could ever get the centane too high to cause a problem

I believe somewhere in the latest issue of Diesel Power, which I read yesterday, it speaks of good cetane ratings (and Clay hit it right about dead on, as Whit said). I could look it up but alas, im too lazy.

Heres a thread from a web site up north here, some info on Cetane for you folks

http://www.4wheeler.ca/index.php?showtopic=33506&st=0

I like this statment ...............and its true

Cetane's greatest benefit is that it promotes pre-ignition resulting in a complete "burn" of the fuel and gives the engines a huge power gain.

With that statemant said, Cetane = enemy to black smoke. lol