[T3] Fuel Delivery

Daniel K. Du Vall dduvall at 1peter4-10.org
Wed Feb 23 19:50:56 PST 2011


Have you ever accidently gotten hold of the red diesel?
We did on a poorly marked pump on a road trip to Branson Missouri it
seemed a bit thicker and defiantly more smoke and smell.
Only noticed it when the tank toped off and I dripped some out then
noticed a dirt covered sticker stating about only using it in farm
equipment. A bit to late to finish filling up with the legal stuff for
autos :-( I grew up in the suburbs of Phoenix Arizona and never knew of
such a thing as red diesel. OOPS.

Daniel Du Vall
http://1peter4-10.org
http://volkswageninsanity.us


-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Adney
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 6:55 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Fuel Delivery

On 23 Feb 2011 at 15:57, Keith Park wrote:

> Unfortunately, diesel fuel has a different viscosity, so the results
wont be
> the same as gasoline.

Yes, that's a good point, but it's still pretty much a constant 
displacment pump, meaning that it will just draw more power to pump 
the same volume. It will probably slow down some, too. In the end, 
however, if there is any difference at all, the flow with gasoline 
will be HIGHER.

BTW, since I own a diesel now, I've been surprised at how non-viscous 
#1 diesel fuel is. I had expected something fairly thick, but it's 
really not that much different from gasoline.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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