Low sulfur fuel ??

[32 coupe]

I read/heard/use the low sulfur fuel. Is this something I should be concerned about ?

I have a couple of expensive (to me, anyway) tractors and several diesel engines I play with : 2
listeroids, a changfa and a new to me Westerbeke project.

I read where a member here adds 2 stroke oil in his fuel. Is this something I should do or are
there other additives I should be adding to the fuel or am I worring about nothing ??

Thanks for looking,
Gary

[dieselgman]

There are a number of fuel related issues especially with ULSD and tier4 emissions equipped engines... not much specific to any of the antiques though. In Alaska we use a very dry #1 fuel oil and this can cause excessive fuel pump wear in some engines... many other locales have #2 diesel available, and not everyone is forced to use the ULSD highway fuel. I would say that part of any sound maintenance program should be fuel system cleaning and lubricity additives... but the simplicity of the Lister fuel pump certainly does not demand any such special treatment... they can run pretty much any kind of fuel and this is one of their many strengths.

dieselgman

[mike90045]

Guilty as charged.  But with extenuating circumstances.  My fuel pump was making noise, and processed bio-diesel quieted it down.  Then the bio-diesel vendor shut down, and I started running pump diesel and began adding some 2 stroke oil about 100:1   
 Now my head seems to be carboned up, and the injector is A-OK, and the diesel shop said look at pump timing !

[Tom]

Bio-diesel is not completely unavailable. B20 is available at Eel fuels. This can be mixed 10:1 to give a 2% bio-diesel which will protect and lubricate the pump. And Yokayo Bio Fuels has been taken over by Simple fuels. There has been a B100 retail pump at Real Goods in Hopland that should now be supplied by Simple fuels. IIRC the ASTM found bio-diesel to be the most effective lubricant tested @ 2%. Also I understand that the red off-road diesel has additional lubricants, but that may be obsolete now that smog equipment is required on all diesel engines in CA. Boy we need Jefferson to happen real bad.