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Old 3rd December 2010 | 21:52
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Originally Posted by Kolossi
Not doubting diesel engines at all - I have one in my car - but when you say no temperature problems for diesel, I thought it got waxy when cold (and by cold I mean -10Degc not the considerably colder an airbourne engine's going to meet.

Not questioning what y'all say, just trying to understand it from a position of lack of knowledge
Depends upon the additives.

Plain, unadulterated Diesel fuel, this is true.

Automotive Diesel gets different additives added at different times of the year, and military and civil jet fuel comes in quite a variety of flavours depending upon where you're planning to go with it.

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