Dodge Sprinter Gas Mileage

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#11 of 76 Re: Responses to #602 (mpg & wheelsize) [gagrice] by altered3 Jun 12, 2006 (8:32 pm)
Replying to: gagrice (Jun 12, 2006 4:36 pm) I wouldn't be too sure about BP claeaning out their lines they havn't piged them out or maintained the lines in years but it's great your getting good miles just remember CA is the first to get the cleaner fuels some of the smaller staes with less population will be waiting a little longer. Replies to this message: gagrice (Jun 13, 2006 7:29 am) kenbaker (Jun 13, 2006 1:54 pm) kenbaker (Jun 15, 2006 7:10 am) and 7 more...
#12 of 76 Re: Responses to #602 (mpg & wheelsize) [altered3] by gagrice Jun 13, 2006 (7:29 am)
Replying to: altered3 (Jun 12, 2006 8:32 pm) claeaning out their lines they havn't piged them out or maintained the lines in years You could be right. I think that is the crux of the trouble they are in up in Prudhoe Bay Alaska. Lack of maintenance. BP is notoriously tight with labor. Plenty of regulations just no one to see that they are adhered to. I ran ARCO ULSD in the Passat TDI I owned for 13 months. It ran great with no smoke or smell at all. It was not smelly at the pumps like some diesel I used while traveling. I am sure it is the sulfur that stinks. It is the same with high sulfur gas sold in parts of the USA. Replies to this message: kenbaker (Jun 13, 2006 1:54 pm) kenbaker (Jun 15, 2006 7:10 am)
#13 of 76 Re: Responses to #602 (mpg & wheelsize) [gagrice] by kenbaker Jun 13, 2006 (1:54 pm)
Replying to: gagrice (Jun 13, 2006 7:29 am) Flying-J Oklahoma City (one on I-35, one on I-40) are marked as ULSD (under 500 PPM). This is where I get almost all of my fuel for my Sprinter, best price and lots of turnover (no stale fuels there). Small state/town compared to a lot of other places, but also one of the busiest crossroads in the entire USA. The pipeline thing is very curious, since they send many products through the same lines one after the other and have done so for years... In the beginning they sent a pig between batches, now they don't do that very much as far as I know. So how much mixing is there? Not much according to studies done due to controlled flow rates, only liquid is sent (single phase), a few gallons to a few barrels are mixed between batches. I just wonder what they do with the mix? KenB (B.S. in Petroleum, OSU, 1984) Replies to this message: kenbaker (Jun 15, 2006 7:10 am)
#14 of 76 Re: Responses to #602 (mpg & wheelsize) [kenbaker] by kenbaker Jun 15, 2006 (7:10 am)
Replying to: kenbaker (Jun 13, 2006 1:54 pm) humbly contradicting myself... under 500 ppm is LSD (low Sulfur Diesel), not suitable for 2007 diesels for over-the-road vehicles in the USA. LSD will become Farm/Offroad diesel in October or so, and must not be used in 2007 vehicles (or damage may occur?). I know that they put colored Dye in farm diesel here in the USA since they do not have to pay road taxes on farm equipment driven mostly on farmland (like tractors). If a commercial vehicle gets caught with colored diesel in the tanks, they are going down for a big fine. Anyway, the actual sticker on the pumps at the Flying-J mentions that they are selling LSD (less than 500 PPM) and that it must not be used in 2007 over the road vehicles. I should have taken a picture with my new camera phone to post, but I dind't think of that until now... KenB