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From refinery, to delivery trucks, to your storage tank, chances for diesel fuel contamination are ever present
Most of us know that clean fuel is necessary for the high-pressure common rail fuel injectors (HPCR) used in today’s Tier 4 Final engines. Fuel system pressures approaching 40,000 psi require particle filtration as small as one or two microns. The problem is that as fuel system requirements are becoming more stringent, actual diesel fuel […]
September 14, 2015
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Indian researchers make cheaper bricks from paper
Researchers in India have formulated a process of making cheaper bricks from recycled paper, reports Inhabitat. Professors Rahul Ralegaonkar and Sachin Mandavgane of India’s Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology visited a recycling plant in 2009 and found that 15 percent of the paper processed there wound up in a landfill as sludge. So the two […]
February 5, 2013
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Maintenance
Alcohol Poisoning Ethanol is bad for engines, a big tax subsidy for corporations and bad for the environment. So why does EPA want to make us use more of it? By Tom Jackson Ethanol is a great social lubricant. It puts the buzz in booze, but it has the opposite effect on engines – especially […]
October 5, 2011
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Fuel Filtration New fuels and new engines demand a new filter regimen By Tom Jackson Going green has its drawbacks. When it comes to cleaning up diesel emissions, the price you pay is reduced fuel quality. If you’re not careful, clogged fuel filters and ruined injectors may result. Fresh from the refinery, diesel fuel is […]
February 7, 2011
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