jpow
Active member
I have a new esso bulk station near me they offer dyed premium 93 octane ,
some say the dye is bad for injectors ?
Mmmmm...........
some say the dye is bad for injectors ?
Mmmmm...........
B.s there Tom, ur old balls... U can't tell me u have never seen a old farm truck with dyed farm fuel and a purple carb on the out side...old wives tale.
Colored fuel isn't a problem.
Plain and simple .
Old fuel ? Yes !!!
cant say you you havnt seen an old farm truck which runs regular which has sat for years and is all gummed up. As other are pointing it, its the old fuel that is the problem, not the dye.B.s there Tom, ur old balls... U can't tell me u have never seen a old farm truck with dyed farm fuel and a purple carb on the out side...
Mabe that's the thing , need to be a farm boy to understand
I have taken carbs apart to rebuild that where purple inside and out...
A fuel injector has a bunch of small holes the size of a carb pilot jet... They both plug easy
One thing you will notice with gravel crushers is their equipment tends to sit for months at a time because of seasonal jobs. All dye does is make it easier to see the residue when the fuel has evaporated or sat to long. The dye itself causes no such problems.I move a lot of gravel crushers, those guys won't put dyed diesel in their "nice" trucks even if it's free. lots of them buy used diesel trucks and run the free dyed fuel and say they only last 2-3 years before the fuel system is toast. I have no experience with this, but these guys all swear to it.
they have no issues whatsoever in the big diesel engines that power their gen sets or equipment. I'm not sure what gravel crushers you have experience with, but these guys do not sit anywhere for any length of time other than what it takes to move them to the next pit. they go 24/7, 365. every plant gets a 2 week "turnaround" in the summer for critical component maintenance that can't be done in the field.One thing you will notice with gravel crushers is their equipment tends to sit for months at a time because of seasonal jobs. All dye does is make it easier to see the residue when the fuel has evaporated or sat to long. The dye itself causes no such problems.
Frankly I will go with personal experience and the word of the big boys, Cat, Deere, Hitachi, Isuzu, all claim no problem at all with dyed fuel.