Hello Herve,

No, I thought we were talking about diesel fuel for passenger vehicles,
specifically trucks (this newsgroup) and automobiles. We do not add petrol
to the diesel fuel (#4) as the mixture can damage the diesel engine.

Regards,
Franko

"Herve Regad-Pellagru" > wrote in message
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> >>>>> "franko" == franko > writes:
>
> franko> Bonjour Herve, Boy, that's cold. So you refer to diesel
> franko> as "gasoil"? We sometimes refer to it as "diesel oil"
> franko> because it has the same consistency as "heating oil" which
> franko> is the primary fuel for oil-burning furnaces for heating
> franko> buildings/dwellings. What gasoil anti-freeze additives do
> franko> you folks have over in France? When it's very very cold,
> franko> we sometimes add kerosene to the gasoil to keep it from
> franko> gelling or paraffin-separation, but kerosene lowers the
> franko> gasoil's lubricity (not good for diesel injectors and
> franko> injector pump).
>
> Hi Franko,
>
> Well, that's probably warm compared to winters in Canada (I know there
> are some folks from Canada in this NG, hello to them) :-)
> Yes, gasoil means diesel for me (a bit lost sometimes between UK and
> US wordings).
>
> In France, as far as diesel additives are concerned, there are 4 options:
>
> 1- you get diesel in supermarket stations and, as there are no
> additives at all, you freeze all the stuff under -15°C due to
> the parafin.
>
> 2- you get diesel at big marks stations (Total, Elf etc ...)
> for 8% additionnal cost and you get "grand froid" diesel type
> with additives, normally OK down to -30°C (so they say)
>
> 3- you buy additives to put into your tank (not really cheap)
>
> 4- you put 3-5% of petrol in your diesel tank
>
> I've been myself through 1- (not good at all), and 3- (can't really
> say as temperature was above -15°C) and am now sticking to 2- which has
> proved to work in the case of parking the car outside, in full wind at
> -28°C.
>
> I suspect 4- is like adding kerosen into the tank and has the same
> effect you describe. So is merely a better than nothing measure with
> side effects, potentially costly ...
> BTW, we're talking of plane fuel aren't we ? Where on earth do you
> find this ? My understanding is you can only find it in the reserved
> parking area of an airport !!
>
> --
>
> Herve Regad-Pellagru
>
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