Saying "bunker oil" is like saying "Whose coat is this jacket?" Bunker means oil.

__________________
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...aman/Fleet.jpg

Peach Parts W124.128 User Group.

80 280SL
85 300SD
87 300TD
92 300D 2.5 Turbo
92 300TE 4Matic

Thats the term I am most familiar with.....but I have not spent large amounts of time on or araound boats and ships either....

__________________
Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
---------------------
Section 609 MVAC Certified
---------------------
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Only on ships.

Yes, that's in GB. The EPA gives an exemption fom Federal taxes on quantities below about 5k gallons a year. Some states also give exemptions from road taxes to home brewers.

And B100 is available at the pump, with all taxes paid. Smelling it is not a valid test for un-taxed bio-fuel. Gotta check for dye, which is in the kerosene I cut my B100 with. So I'm still screwed, but Colorado isn't pro-fuel nazi (yet).

__________________
'83 240D with 617.952 and 2.88
'01 VW Beetle TDI
'05 Jeep Liberty CRD
'89 Toyota 4x4, needs 2L-T
'78 280Z with L28ET - 12.86@110
Oil Burner Kartel #35

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...oD/bioclip.jpg

Last I checked, the IRS is the agency which writes and enforces tax codes. The excise tax on fuels used on highways is due on any fuel used in a vehicle on the public roadways. Petroleum based fuels taxes are collected at the pump, if you use other fuels the IRS doesn't require the distributor to collect the taxes--they are the responsibility of the end user. I corresponded with an attorney at the IRS when I was looking into setting up a commercial biodiesel plant, and she said that any non-petroleum-based fuel excise tax was the responsibility of the end user; including, if it could be used as a fuel, water.

__________________
Mahalo and Aloha,
S. L. "Red" Pike, Naval Architect/Marine Engineer, USCG Licensed Chief Engineer (Steam, Motor, and Gas Turbine)
Former nuc bubblehead (boomers)
"Sustained superior performance through continuous incremental improvement."

1987 300SDL White w/ Gray Leather interior, 160K (mine)
2009 Nissan Murano (leased - wife's)

Only illegal IF you get caught. Till then, Rock On

__________________
01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

When I drove big trucks for a couple of years (48 states) I was told, by a Montana Diesel Bear, that if you even put farm diesel 1X in a fuel tank it will show up in tests forever. Don't know if true, my company had us fuel legally in truckstops. Unfortunately there is a real bias against diesels in this country, I wish we had access to the models available in Europe. My sister-in-law drives a little Toyota diesel in Germany and says she gets like 80 mile per gallon (2.9L/100 k)

One local fuel dealer was neglectful in adding the dye until he paid a fifteen k fine. I seemed to find that the actual fuel milage I got was lower. It may have been the brand though.

Nice clear undyed furnace fuel was added to our fuel tank for several years. I dipped into it occassionally.

I wouldn't worry about running dyed fuel in your tank. I live in hick country PA and they don't dip the diesel trucks around here.

I also was under the impression there was some sort of jurisdictional issue with enforcing the road tax because an IRS agent would have to ride alongside a cop to do the dipping.

Weigh stations would definitely be the place that they would do the dipping, but I'm a passenger vehicle :p

Then again your mileage may vary. Fill up with care

__________________
-Typos courtesy of my mobile phone.