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Old 13th Apr 2014, 11:30
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I see no reason why standard diesel fuel could not be used the Diamond DA42 is certified for use with both Jet A-1 and standard diesel motor fuel as it is more or less the same thing.

Having done the manufactures maintainence course on the engine I was told that Jet A-1 has far less lubricating qualitys and so the challenge was to get a Diesel engine fuel control system to run reliably on Jet A-1, this is a problem you would not have in reverse.

Added to this the life expectancy of a Harrier in a pan European conflict would probably render long term reliability a non issue.
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