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Auto Diesel?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by 101driver, Sep 26, 2012.

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  1. Sep 26, 2012 #1
    101driver

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    At the fuel island at my local convenience store there's a pump for "auto diesel."

    Is there any difference between this and the diesel at the truck stop? It's the "ultra-low sulfur diesel." Is that what the big trucks use, too?

    I never noticed it said "AUTO" diesel before, so it made me wonder.
     
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  3. Sep 26, 2012 #2
    Balakov100

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    Pretty much everybody should be selling ULSD by now.
    Maybe it means they're not High Speed Pumps or whatever?
     
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  4. Sep 26, 2012 #3
    KMac

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    Possibly the canopy is too low for a truck not to mention there is no slave pump for the other tank... likely not meant as diesel for an auto as much as access for an auto so big trucks don't pull in there and jam things up.
     
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  5. Sep 26, 2012 #4
    Mr Ed

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    must mean that it pumps itself?
     
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  7. Sep 26, 2012 #5
    Saddletramp1200

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    After all most laughing to death, I have no comment.
     
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  8. Sep 26, 2012 #6
    newskate

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    probably it was one of those indian reservation places that do not pay fuel taxes, and you wont get credit for your ifta taxes.
     
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  9. Sep 27, 2012 #7
    ColoradoGreen

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    Betting it was Number 2 diesel.
     
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  10. Sep 27, 2012 #8
    Chinatown

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    It says "auto diesel" so gasoline powered cars won't pump diesel into their tanks; the nozzle's are the same size. Once in an emergency I filled my truck with "auto diesel", and the only problem was it took forever to fill it.
     
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  11. Sep 27, 2012 #9
    sharpshooter

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    The head of the nozzle fits in cars/PU's...that's the only difference. The fuel isn't different.

    You can't fuel a VW TDI at a pilot in the truck lanes, the nozzle won't fit. That's why they also say "truck fuel"
     
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  12. Sep 27, 2012 #10
    Allow Me.

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    In Az. and another state, trucks cannot legally fuel at an "auto diesel" pump, because, no taxes are collected.
     
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