Bunker is like a #6 or 7 fuel oil and IIRC so thick it has to be heated to flow. We used it to power the boiler in our steam driven dredge. I didn't know diesel engines could use it. I'm betting none of ours can. If we could, the soot build-up would be horrendous. Ron Wild Cheri
-------------------------------------------- On Tue, 12/9/14, Sam Salter via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Subject: Re: Stus-List Fuel To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 11:38 AM Not sure what the article Rob was reading was about, but I was in the merchant navy (British) when I first left school, and we burned what was (...and still is) called bunker fuel, in our large marine diesels. It was thicker and dirtier, if I remember correctly, than the diesel you buy at gas stations. Maybe that is what the article was referring to. sam :-) C&C 26 Liquorice Ghost Lake Alberta On 2014-12-09, at 10:12 AM, "Ronald B. Frerker via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Here we had a product called marine gas oil or various other names that was not diesel but could be used in diesel engines. There was a price savings. > However, some found it more susceptible to algae growth. Our Corps patrol boat developed a serious problem with algae and we stopped using it. My understanding was that the CG here stopped as well. > or not > there is actually a difference between the two. I always > thought > that a 'diesel engine' > whether marine or otherwise burned the same fuel > > Was this simply the > 'writer's interpretation' in that diesel used > for > marine purposes is somehow different > from diesel used for say, diesel > powered > automobiles? > > This is > probably a stupid question and if so, tell me. > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 - 84 > Halifax, N.S. > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo > Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including > unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
