i have a question about Aviation fuel. Can it be reused for the duramax?

 

I wouldnt and a friend who owns a construction company, his kid burned his cummins up doing the same thing since he buys the exp bunker fuel from the local airport for his construction equipment but he didnt know what he was doing and just put it in the truck straight

 

but it works on diesel engines for tractors? just not trucks.. ok good thought...

 

Jet fuel is doable, BUT it is more like kerosene which means very little lubricity. I would use it in an older diesel with ash free 2 cycle oil added, but not in a newer common tail engine.

When I say older, I mean something you don't have a lot invested in. My 250,000+ mile 1982 Mercedes has run on all kinds of stuff over the last 5 years. Keep in mind I paid $1500 for the car.

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.ok add oil gotcha... ash free noted.. 2cyle.. thanks for the info.

 

Avgas is 100LL (100 octane Low Lead) and is like gas that was sold back in the early 80's here in the states.

Jet fuel, as stated is almost like Kerosene....

 

Is it avgas or jet fuel? Jet fuel would be diesel"ish", add some lube and pull the pin. Avgas closer to gasoline, better for the lawnmower or something. $.02

 

I work on AH-1W Cobra's and UH-1Y Hueys and we run JP-8 in the aircraft and run it in the trucks, tugs, and generators in Afghanistan. They were killing IP's on the trucks running that stuff through it but the smaller motors didnt seem to mind it. Like stated above it has very low lubricity and amount sulfar can cause problems in todays engines and pumps. It is also going to burn hotter and giving you higher EGT's. On the civilian side you are probably going to get your hands on JET A which is pretty much the same thing as JP-5 and JP-8 it is used in most boeing aircraft. If I didnt care much about my diesel I might run it with a quart of 2 stroke oil.

 

Its Jet A.. We just got some stickers.. I was thinking about the older diesels, they have a few 04's ~ I think there keeping one of them!
They just got three of the New 2012.s duallys~ pretty sweet looking trucks......can wait to see the new trailers there getting to haul the jet fuel.

All about the look when in this company. Everything Red.

Pretty sure warrenty would be voided if they used jet fuel in the new diesels.. wonder how that DEF would work out with that type of heat..

 

Stay away from jet fuel- we have a thread somewhere.

Even if the US-military uses it widely for trucks to simplify logistics it is not advisable to do so.
Mech's do complain about killed IP's and fuel pumps.

German military allows the use of it when: no diesel is available or the history of the fuel is not clear.
But:
2 stroke oil must be used by order!
It is not allowed for high pressure pumps like the CP3 or common rail diesels.

Bottom line:
Stay away.It's a question of available money and resources. We don't have both of them.