Does red diesel damage engines?

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Feb 24, 2011 | 01:24 PM

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Jimpreza

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My father in law goes to trade shows of some sort and has been stopped twice outside the gates for his van to be tested. He reckons it's because a lot of gypsies attend.

Feb 24, 2011 | 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by martinryder

So I'm now convinced red diesel is absolutely fine to run with any damage to engines I would like to know where I can get hold of some ?

Any suggestions.

(before any do-gooders inform me its illegal and I should point out Gypsies are allowed to get away with no tax, mot, insurance, never pays speeding tickets and parking fines not to mention any council tax and just mess up the country with piles of hardcore and the police do nothing nothing NOTHING. It makes me sick that some people are allowed to run amock and the average joe gets clobbered then why should the rest of us care)

Sorry about that it got me started.

A 9 year old post got you started? Great first post...........

Feb 24, 2011 | 11:10 PM

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Matteeboy

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Agree S70 - what a hypocritical first post. "Ooh those nasty gippos do it so that means I can too."

DOH!

Feb 25, 2011 | 11:32 AM

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Bloody hell how old is this thread LOL! Having scoobynet tied into google is really starting to be become a pain in the ****.

Top listing: http://www.google.co.uk/#sclient=psy...ab4f875d701388

Anyway; once you go red, you can't go back (well, not quickly at least). It stains the fuel filters pink and leave residual fuel will make white diesel show up pink. HMRC won't give a stuff; they'll just assume you've watered it down.

Feb 26, 2011 | 12:13 PM

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What's the price of red to farmers etc these days then? My old man uses red (legitimately) in his boat but the marinas are mostly charging over £1/L now.