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Maintenance Section
Fuel Specifications
NOTICE
These recommendations are subject to change with-
out notice. Contact your local Perkins distributor for
the most up-to-date recommendations.
Diesel Fuel Requirements
Perkins is not in a position to evaluate continuously
and monitor all worldwide distillate diesel fuel
specifications that are published by governments and
technological societies.
Table 14 provides a known reliable baseline to judge
the expected performance of distillate diesel fuels
that are derived from conventional sources.
Satisfactory engine performance depends the use of
a good quality fuel. The use of a good quality fuel will
give the following results: long engine life and
acceptable exhaust emissions levels. The fuel must
meet the minimum requirements that are stated in
Table 14 .
NOTICE
The footnotes are a key part of the Perkins Specifica-
tion for Distillate Diesel Fuel Table. Read ALL of the
footnotes.
Table 14
Property UNITS
Aromatics %Volume
Ash %Weight
Carbon Residue on 10% %Weight
Bottoms
-
Cetane Number (1)
Cloud Point °C
-
Copper Strip Corrosion
Distillation °C
Density at 15 °C (59 °F) Kg / M
(2)
Flash Point °C
-
Thermal Stability
Perkins Specification for Distillate Diesel Fuel
Requirements
35% maximum
0.01% maximum
0.35% maximum
40 minimum
The cloud point must not ex-
ceed the lowest expected
ambient temperature.
No. 3 maximum
10% at 282 °C (539.6 °F)
maximum
90% at 360 °C (680 °F)
maximum
3 800 minimum and 860
maximum
legal limit
Minimum of 80% reflec-
tance after aging for 180 mi-
nutes at 150 °C (302 °F)
"ASTM Test" "ISO Test"
"D1319" "ISO 3837"
"D482" "ISO 6245"
"D524" "ISO 4262"
"D613 or D6890" "ISO 5165"
"D2500" "ISO 3015"
"D130" "ISO 2160"
"D86" "ISO 3405"
No equivalent test "ISO 3675" or "ISO 12185"
"D93" "ISO 2719"
"D6468" No equivalent test
SEBU9077-01
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