Perkins 4006D-E23TA Operation And Maintenance Manual page 43

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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
Satisfactory engine performance is dependent on 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 Specification for
Indian Distillate Diesel Fuel Table. Read ALL of the
footnotes.
Table 14
Property UNITS
Polycyclic Aromatics %m/m
Ash %Weight
Carbon Residue on %Weight
10% Bottoms
Cetane Number (1)
Cetane Index
Cloud Point °C
Copper Strip
Corrosion
Distillation °C
Density at 15 °C
Kg / m 3
(2)
(59 °F)
Flash Point Pensky- °C
Martens
Thermal Stability
Pour Point °C
Sulfur mg/kg
Specification for Indian IS1460 Distillate Diesel Fuel(1)
Requirements
11% maximum
0.01% maximum
0.3% maximum
51 minimum
-
- 46 minimum
The cloud point must
not exceed the lowest
expected ambient
temperature.
No. 3 maximum
-
95% at 360 °C
(680 °F) maximum
820 minimum and 845
maximum
66
Minimum of 80% re-
flectance after aging
-
for 180 minutes at
150 °C (302 °F)
3° C (37.4° F) Winter
15° C (59° F)
Summer
350 maximum (3)
"ASTM Test" "ISO Test"
"ISO 12916"
-
"D482" "ISO 6245"
"D524" "ISO 4262"
"D613 or D6890" "ISO 5165"
"D4737" "ISO 4264"
"D2500 or D5773" "ISO 3015"
"D130" "ISO 2160"
"D86" "ISO 3405"
No equivalent test "ISO 3675" or "ISO
12185"
"D93" "ISO 2719"
"D6468" No equivalent test
"D97" "ISO 3016"
"D5453 or /D2622" "ISO 20846" or "ISO
20884"
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Maintenance Section
General Fuel Information
"India Test"
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"IS 1448 P:4"
"IS 1448 P:8"
"IS 1448 P:9"
-
-
"IS 1448 P:12"
"IS 1448 P:18"
"IS 1448 P:16"
"IS 1448 P:21"
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"IS 1448 P:10"
"IS 1448 P:34"
(continued)