GUEST OPINION: Diesel fuel is the power source for heavy-duty industrial equipment, including trucks, generators, and agricultural machinery. Timely trailer upkeep is crucial for: Maintaining ...
If your facility has in-ground tanks for diesel fuel storage, Penray Inc suggests that it’s time for cleaning. Stored diesel fuel will have accumulated moisture, corrosion, oxidation and sludge, along ...
In recent months, Construction Equipment has addressed a number of diesel-fuel related issues, including hard-particle contamination—“The Challenging World of 12/9/6”—and the presence of diesel soaps ...
The presence of water or other fluid mixed with diesel fuel is clearly apparent from the stratification shown here. Diesel fuel is generally very clean when it leaves the refinery. But it can pick up ...
PULLMAN, Wash. – Approximately 1,200 gallons of “red dye” diesel spilled to the south fork of the Palouse River when an above-ground fuel storage tank failed at Four Star Supply. The spill was ...
The cleanliness of the diesel fuel in your equipment has a major impact on uptime, especially with the advent of Tier 4-compliant engines that rely on high-pressure common rail fuel injection systems.
Trucks left sitting still over a couple of really cold days can cold-soak the fuel, causing the wax in the fuel to solidify, giving the fuel a cloudy appearance. Diesel fuel gets cantankerous when the ...