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1978 mercedes diesel owners manual.
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At very low temps the fluidity of #2 diesel may become insufficient due to parafin seperation. If winter diesel is used, there will hardly be any malfunctions at outside temps reaching as low as +3 F(-16C).
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Varying with the temp, add a certain quanity of kerosene,if only #2 summer diesel fuels or less cold resistant winter diesel fuels are available or if temps drop below +3 F(-16 C)
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If regular gasoline does have to be added, its proportion should not exceed 30%. Premium fuels are not to be used.
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Even at ambient temps of less than-8F(-22C) the proportion of supplementary fuel (kerosene) must not exceed 50%.
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The adding of supplementary fuel to #1 diesel is not recommended even at low ambient temps.
Reference Table------- #2 summer diesel ---------------supplementary fuel
__________________________________________________ _kerosene
+32 to +14 F ----------------50%---------------------------30%
+14 to +5 F -----------------50% --------------------------50%
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1999.5 F-350 SRW 6 speed,DP tuner,38r/1.15, gulfcoast oil bypass filter, 3.5" turbo back exhaust, MSD propane system, snow water injection, fass fuel system, AFE air filter,432,000 miles and going strong with over 200,000 miles of propane use
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