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Old 06-20-2017, 10:36 AM
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Quarles fleet fuels.

There's a fleet fuel station nearby where I live, is it legal to use it if I sign up?

It has a min cetane rating of 47. You need to sign up for their card in order to purchase and use their fuel.

If I sign up and use it in my car, what's the worse that can happen?

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Old 06-20-2017, 11:05 AM
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A quick peek at their site indicates it's for businesses only. If you have a business I think you're OK. I didn't read the agreements, but there was a reference to "all for only a dollar a day", which would mean, if true, you'd be paying $30 extra on fuel a month, which for most would make it uneconomical.

In answer to "is it legal", as long as the fuel isn't red, it's legal.

I think the "worse [sic] that can happen" is you get hit by a semi, dump truck or delivery van that doesn't like old MBs on their turf.
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Old 06-20-2017, 12:10 PM
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As long s it isn't dyed, your fine. Higher the cetane, the better combustion and the happier your diesel will be.
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Since 2006 all ULSD sold in the US is minimum 47 or 48 cetane depending on the size of the refinery it came from.
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Old 06-20-2017, 02:47 PM
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Since 2006 all ULSD sold in the US is minimum 47 or 48 cetane depending on the size of the refinery it came from.
yeah, but most stations have garbage fuel and just label it at 40-something

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