How can I protect, prolong and improve the reliability of my diesel fuel injection system?
A couple of issues have recently complicated the use of diesel fuel. With the increase in the number of diesels operating throughout the world, more diesel fuel is being refined from more diverse crudes. The ultimate quality of the diesel fuel is based on the grade of crude oil from which it is made. The mandate for low-sulphur fuel has also influence fuel quality. The sulphur content of the crude oil determines the severity of treatment required to make the resulting diesel fuel meet the requirements of low-sulphur fuel. While sulphur does not cause lubricity in fuel, the hydrotreating process, which removes the sulphur from the fuel, also removes or lower the lubricity of the final product. All diesel fuel injection systems, to some degree, depend on fuel for lubrication. Lower lubricity results primarity in accerlerated wear and shorened useful parts life. It is then necessary to restore the lubricity qualities of fuel to maintain reliability. While many fuel refiner and fuel wholes
