Old Jet A1?
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Old Jet A1?
Found an abandoned barrel of what appears to be jetA1. Unopened, I think. No paperwork or labels. At least five years old. Is it now blackberry spray or could someone still use it in a turbine?
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Originally Posted by Office Update
Voluntary payment of 'road excise' to the government and use it as diesel fuel in a car or truck!
Lovely clean fuel
Lovely clean fuel
Join Date: Dec 2017
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JetA1 in diesel engines
I have no idea of the long term effects however we just started running JetA1 in our 50KVA generators. Would adding say 0.5% oil help with the lubrication in injector pumps or is long term use of JetA1 ok to use in diesel engines?
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Originally Posted by Cessna 200
I have no idea of the long term effects however we just started running JetA1 in our 50KVA generators. Would adding say 0.5% oil help with the lubrication in injector pumps or is long term use of JetA1 ok to use in diesel engines?
Join Date: May 2001
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Add sufficient two stroke mineral oil to the JetA1 until it feels slippery between your fingers and would be perfectly OK to use in Toyota or Nissan diesels.
I would be hesitant to use it in my common rail 3.0 Discovery simply because of the enormous cost of replacing fuel components. This is what is used in some places in Africa for the old school Toyota engines.
I would be hesitant to use it in my common rail 3.0 Discovery simply because of the enormous cost of replacing fuel components. This is what is used in some places in Africa for the old school Toyota engines.
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Location: Rockhampton, Queensland
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There was a refueller many years ago at Tullamarine. He was nicking the Jet fuel and he openly used to brag about this.. He used to fly Doves on Penguin flight to Phillip Island in his spare time.
He was using the Jet A1 in his oil heater at home. When the problem became known he had to rip out his oil heater at home to conceal the evidence!
He was using the Jet A1 in his oil heater at home. When the problem became known he had to rip out his oil heater at home to conceal the evidence!
Join Date: Nov 2003
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mechanical fuel injection ok with added oil.
Old style mechanically injected diesels run very well on it with additional oil ie two stroke or if you can get it biodiesel. think diesel fergies and land rovers before high pressure injection. Inspect the drum with a torch to check for water and fuel fungus before pumping it in . jet works very well in cold climates as an alternate to fuel waxing.
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Originally Posted by Office Update
There was a refueller many years ago at Tullamarine. He was nicking the Jet fuel and he openly used to brag about this.. He used to fly Doves on Penguin flight to Phillip Island in his spare time.
He was using the Jet A1 in his oil heater at home. When the problem became known he had to rip out his oil heater at home to conceal the evidence!
He was using the Jet A1 in his oil heater at home. When the problem became known he had to rip out his oil heater at home to conceal the evidence!
Actually there is quite a story behind the Jet A1 pilfering, all but forgotten now.
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A UK regional airport which shall be nameless decided some years ago to use Jet A1, either discarded from sampling, or rejected for minor contamination, or straight out of the storage, in its RFFS vehicles.
A year later they had to replace every component in all 5 engines which depended on the lubricant additive in diesel sold for vehicle use. The bill for parts and labour ran to thousands.
Just like my bill for repairing a common-rail diesel car engine after I had experimented with mixing diesel 50:50 with used cooking oil. (Yes, I did register as a fuel producer.)
A year later they had to replace every component in all 5 engines which depended on the lubricant additive in diesel sold for vehicle use. The bill for parts and labour ran to thousands.
Just like my bill for repairing a common-rail diesel car engine after I had experimented with mixing diesel 50:50 with used cooking oil. (Yes, I did register as a fuel producer.)
