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Diesel Fuels
Use only commercially available
vehicular diesel fuels No. 2 or No. 1
(ASTM D 975 No. 2-D or No. 1-D).
Change engine oil in compliance with
section " Engine Oil Change and Oil
Filter Service" if diesel fuels are used
whose sulphur content exceeds 0.5 %
by weight. Marine diesel fuel, heating
oil or the like must not be used.
At very low temperatures the fluidity
of No. 2-D diesel fuel may become
insufficient due to paraffin separation.
To avoid malfunctions, No. 2-D diesel
fuel of a lowered cloud point are
marketed during the cold season.
If winter diesel fuel is used, there will
hardly be any malfunctions at outside
temperatures reaching as low as
-16° C /+30 F.
Varying with the temperature, add a
certain quantity of kerosene, if only
No. 2-D summer diesel fuels or less
cold resistant winter diesel fuels are
available or if temperatures drop
below -16° C/+3° F.
If regular gasoline does have to be
added, its proportion should not
exceed 30 %. Premium fuels are not
to be used.
Engine power may drop according to
the proportion of supplementary fuel
For this reason, keep percentage of
fuel added to the minimum necessi
tated by the ambient temperature.
Even at ambient temperatures of less
than -22° C /-8 ° F the proportion of
supplementary fuel (kerosene) must
not exceed 50 %.
Ambient temperature
0° C to -10° C
+32° F to +14° F
-1 0 ° C t o -15 ° C
+ 14° F to + 5° F
Fuels
Coolants
Lubricants etc.
The following table can be used as a
reference, if it becomes necessary to
add kerosene to No. 2-D diesel fuel.
The mixing ratios shown refer to the
total mixture based on No. 2-D
summer diesel fuel. We recommend
not to exceed the mixture ratio,
dependent on prevailing tempera
tures.
No. 2-D Summer
Supplementary
diesel fuel
%
70
50
The adding of supplementary fuel to
No. 1-D diesel fuel is not recom
mended even at low ambient temper
atures.
fuel
%
30
50
85
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