#165 of 168 Re: if my car had a diesel [ruking1] by boaz47

Oct 07, 2006 (12:45 pm)

Replying to: ruking1 (Oct 07, 2006 11:10 am)

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• gagrice (Oct 07, 2006 12:53 pm)

#166 of 168 Re: if my car had a diesel [boaz47] by gagrice

Oct 07, 2006 (12:53 pm)

Replying to: boaz47 (Oct 07, 2006 12:45 pm)

#167 of 168 Better diesel fuel needed by moparbad

Oct 08, 2006 (8:38 pm)

Better diesel fuel needed
 
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Toyota instead urges an over-50-cetane number minimum and aromatics levels more like those of California Air Resources Board (CARB) diesel (averaging around 21%, although the default limit is 10%).
 
"It is essential that diesel fuel cetane and aromatics must improve," Toyota powertrain general manager Tetsu Watanabe said here. "Fuel quality is a big problem--low average cetane number (44) and aromatics are high--35% average and 54% maximum in the U.S."
 
Ironically, Toyota showed that its "DPNR" test car fleet in Europe is meeting European emissions and performance goals even in countries with 300-ppm sulfur fuels.
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CA has some of the best diesel in North America, and only the highest diesel emissions vehicles are permitted to burn it.
 
Even with ULSD diesel, the cetane is still a problem in the US.

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• gagrice (Oct 08, 2006 9:03 pm)

#168 of 168 Re: Better diesel fuel needed [moparbad] by gagrice

Oct 08, 2006 (9:03 pm)

Replying to: moparbad (Oct 08, 2006 8:38 pm)