Boatmad.com


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
 
Old 09-03-2011, 07:39 PM   #1
Registered User
 
lloyde's Avatar
 
Country: uk
Location: portsmouth
Occupation: Director of a fiberglass company
Interests: boats,cars,bikes,paintball
Boat make: phantom 23,Extreme 24
Engines: 6.2 mercrusier + 2.5 280 mercy
Cruising area: solent

Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: portsmouth
Posts: 530
Biodiesel, New diesel fuel and boat engines

Dont know if this is of any intrest but it was posted on the ECA forum.

COWES HARBOUR FUELS - SUPPLYING RED DIESEL FREE OF BIODIESEL
09 February 2011

EU Directive 2009/30/EC introduces a requirement that, from 1st January 2011, all gas oil (commonly known in the UK as ‘red diesel’) marketed for use in non-road mobile machinery and inland waterways vessels must contain no more than 10 milligrams of sulphur per kilogram of fuel (virtually ‘sulphur free’). Fuel suppliers had originally planned to meet the new requirements largely by supplying road diesel, which does contain biodiesel (up to 7%), with a red marker dye.

Whilst most engines are fully compatible with low sulphur fuel containing biodiesel in the proportion found in road fuel some fuel system components on older engines, in particular fuel seals and pipes, may not be compatible with biodiesel.

Biodiesel has strong solvent and detergent properties in its pure form and can also cause problems during storage and on certain materials used in fuel system components it is also more prone to bacterial contamination potentially resulting in blockage of fuel filters and increased corrosion.

As this new regulation does not apply to sea going vessels craft taking diesel at Cowes Harbour Fuels do not have to comply with the new regulations and as a result Cowes Harbour Fuels have secured a supply of Red Diesel with the original sulphur content and free from any biodiesel.

Supply is not going to be uniform around the coast so it is important that you ask at the pump what specification of fuel it is that you are buying and whether it contains biodiesel and if it has a low sulphur content.

link with more info http://www.cowesharbourcommission.co.uk/news/26529
lloyde is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.2.3

All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:05 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
×