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Originally Posted by yorta2  Well, he is close. Currently the sulphur content of diesel is 50 parts per million (ppm). Under Federal legislation this must be reduced to 10ppm by 1 January 2009. I think you might have a wrong idea of why low-sulphur is bad for engines - it isn't just the seals, but mainly the low lubricity of the fuel, and I don't think the fuel companies are doing much if anything to replace the lubricant in diesel - that is why biodiesel is so important as an additive (if not as a replacement) for diesel engines. The Ebay guy is just being enterprising, if not totally honest. |
Recently drove a vehicle I used to drive full time back in yr 2002.
This vehicle was manufactured after the intro of low sulphur and now
has over 800,000 km and still pulls like it did when it was new. Nothing
has been done to this engine, so would seem the low sulphur diesel
has not hurt this engine.
My ute manufactured in 1991 well before the low sulphur diesel started to leak
from the IP approx 12 months after the sulphur was reduced.
Had the IP recon due to low sulphur.
Just find it strange everyone complains about low sulphur and the damage
it does but we have vehicles running on the stuff for years and km without any problems.
My view is the manufacturer's of newer vehicles have seemed to have solved this issue.
Your thoughts everyone???