I recently traded my well worn Chevy Duramax diesel 2500 for this ford powerstokre…which so far has been a bad azz truck…..question is this…
Anyone have experience running “OFF ROAD DIESEL” IN A POWERSTORKE? NEVER HAD PROBLEMS RUNNING THE HIGHER SULFER DIESEL IN MY DURAMAX BUT ALL MAKE ARE DIFFERENT….WOULD PREFER TO USE THE OFF ROAD AS IT IS SO MUCH CHEAPER WITH MY OWN TANKS ON THE FARM BUT IF IT WILL BOOGER SOME GAY FORD SENSOR…ID RATHER NOT…FORD WONT SAY YE…OR NEY BECAUSE ” YOU SHOULDNT DO THAT ITS ILLEGAL” WELL ANYONE 90% OF FARMERS DO SO WHATEVR….LET ME KNOW IF YOU REALLY KNOW
the color dye and taxes yes….and the road sulfur is higher…which in my chevy performed better when towing….small black exhaust when turbo kicked in but ran awesome
i will agree with sonny…when i ran the high sulfur off rd it did require my fuel filter to be change alot more often …why this is…i dunno….but yes off rd has 500ppm sulfur and “safe on road” is less than 100ppm per epa BS
Tags: 2006, Diesel, F250, FX4...fuel, Powerstroke, question
I thought the only difference was the color dye and the taxes. . . . nothing about the fuel itself.
Yeh i have never heard of it having different properties like higher sulfer but actally the higher sulfer is better for your injectors and engine etc so if anything its better for it. The never diesels are designed for the lower sulfer stuff and run it well but i shouldnt see it being a problem to have the high sulfer i just think if its the other way like running a older car on the newer stuff isnt good for the injector pump
its just the color, only thing is that off-road diesel i think just isn’t taxed thats why its cheaper and they just make them a different color so they can tell the difference, so the diesel itself is no different,
but i can tell you one thing for sure, if the truck needs the high sulfur diesel then you HAVE to get high sulfur fuel, not sure what will happen if you don’t but i think it just won’t run right and might have to drain the tank(s), but if it doesn’t matter then it will run on both regular diesel and high sulfur, last time i tried trucking i drove a Kenworth T2000 that required high sulfur sometimes i’d have to go to 2-3 truck stops before i got to one that had high sulfur diesel
i think the dye clogs the fuel filter quicker
The Late model Super Duty diesels require Low Sulfur Diesel, and they require it for a reason. High sulfur diesel does as stated above, it can clog or otherwise harm extremely close tolerance engine components.
Stick with the low sulfur diesel. You DO NOT want to be into repairs that are not covered under warranty. The cost is ridiculous.