Fue L And Lu Br I Can Ts; Diesel Fuel - Ford 1310 Operator's Manual

LUBRICAT ION AND MAINTENANC E
FUE L A N D LU B R I CA N TS
D I ESEL F U EL
Type of fuel to use :
When opera t i n g i n temperatu res a bove 20 D F
D C ) ,
use d i ese l f u e l o i l N o . 2 ( N o . 2 0 ) with a
mi n i mu m cetane rat i ng of 45. When o pe rat i n g i n
temperatu res be l ow 20 D F
fuel o i l N o . 1 ( N o . 1
rat in g of 50.
Fuel represe nts a maj o r portion of your tracto r
operating costs; th erefo re , i t is i mpo rta nt to use it
eff i cien t l y . Do not l et l ow price tempt you to use
i nferior d i ese l fue l . The i n i t i a l savi ngs is a fa l se
economy when you co nsider the da mage poor
fuel can d o to your tracto r f u e l system.
F U EL USA G E SA F ETY
Fuel is becomi ng very ex pensive and sca rce . As a
resu l t, many of ou r custo mers are try i ng new fuels
or b l ends to re duce costs an d con serve energy .
Today's new fuels or b lends are freq uently more
vo lati l e and there is a need to hand le them
W i t h c l e a n i n j e c t o r s a n d
n o r m a l f u e l p re s s u re 2 7 0 0
p s i ( 1 8 6 b a r ) o n l y
p e r c e n t a g e of y o u r t ra c t o r
e n g i n e ' s p o w e r i s req u i red
to o pe rate t h e f u e l i n j e c t i o n
p u m p .
I N J E C T I O N P U M P
Figure 35
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D irt v s . I njectors
2 6
(
D C ) .
6 7 use d i ese l
-
.
D )
a mi n i mu m cetane
w i t h
a
s m a l l
D i rt y o r i m p ro p e r l y adj u s ted
f u e l i n j e c t o rs c a n c o n t r i b u t e
to a f u e l p ress u re b u i l d - u p a s
h i g h as 7500 p s i ( 5 7 1 b a r ) i n
t h e i n j e c t i o n l i n e s .
caref u l l y . F u rthermore , so me o f t h e b l en d s are
dangero us and sho u l d n ot be used at a l l .
The fo l l owing new o r b lended f u e l s are becomi ng
ava i l a b l e o r are so met i mes recommended by
(
6 7
-
. certa i n so u rces.
fo l l ows :
D ieselol
U n der n o circumsta n ces sh o u l d gaso l i ne , a l co h o l
or gaso h o l be added t o d i ese l fu e l . These com­
b i nations can create an i n creased f i re hazard and
u nder certa i n c i rc u msta n ces an ex p los ive h azard .
They are more dangero u s ( ex p l osive ) than p u re
gaso l i n e i n a c l osed co nta i n er s u ch as f u e l tan k .
Do N ot Use These B l eods.
In a d d i t i o n , let's review the old recomme n da ti o ns .
These are even more i mporta n t today :
•
Never remove the F u e l Cap or ref ue l t h e t ra ctor
when the engine is r u n n i n g o r i s h ot .
•
Don't smo ke w h i l e refu e l i n g o r w h i l e a n ywh ere
near fu e l .
•
When fi l l i n g the tan k , ma i ntai n contro l o f the
nozz l e .
•
Don ' t f i l l the f u e l ta n k t o ca pacity . . . a l l ow room
for ex pa n is i o n .
O u r
re c o m m e n d a t i o n s
T h i s m e a n s l o s s o f i n j e c t o r
e ff i c i e n cy a n d l o ss o f e n g i n e
p o w e r l G r e a t e r f u e l c o n ­
s u m p t i o n a n d t h e p o s s i b i l i t y
o f w o r n o r b r o k e n
o c c u r d u e t o t h e ad d i t i o n a l
l o ad e x e rted o n t h e p u m p .
T h i s c a n a l s o c a u s e ro u g h
e n g i n e o p e r at i o n .
E X C E SS I V E
P R E S S U R E
S U I L D· U P
are as
p a r t s