On 4/28/05 17:06, "Michael Snow" <mwsnow@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> If you put diesel in a HMMWV that has been run on JP8 (or vice versa)
> it will quickly clog the filters with some type of goop that is created
> by mixing the fuels and the vehicle will not run until it is all
> cleaned out of the system.  They CAN use diesel, but they DON'T use
> diesel.  During Desert Storm, in 1991, we ran the vast majority of them
> on Jet A, which is so devoid of lubricants that we had to mix oil with
> it to preserve the injection pumps.
> 
> Michael Snow

True on fuel mixing.  I still remember the Tech Orders we had to sign off on
even back in the 80s on the multi fuel capable vehicles and stuff that had
to be changed or flushed.  But then in PAC you had to be ready for anything
that was "fuel".  Our support vehicle carried gasoline and heavy oil to be
mixed with some fuels found on the local markets.  Designed to get us to
where proper support could reach us.

The "Prez" is making his speech....  4 minutes exactly on fuels/energy
"WOW", looks like the rest is going to be SS.
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