Thread: 50 Cetane made a huge differnce, I think?
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Old 11-01-2001, 06:28 PM
Douglas Broome Douglas Broome is offline
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european passenger diesels were generally designed to operate on this higher cetane. The cetane, minumum 40 by law, in the U> was designed to accommodate trucks. when I changed toi Amoco diesel (47-50 cetane) several years back in my 1977 240, it made a noticable difference in clatter and power.
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