From: glennmeister@hotmail.com
To: dtlc@helios.net
Subject: Re: [DTLC] running out of fuel in a diesel sucks (and some real advice)
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 19:42:26 +0000
Reply-To: dtlc@helios.net

  Speaking of real advice, it's a really really bad idea to run a diesel 
even LOW on fuel, never mind until it starts to miss. Rotary pumps are only 
lubricated by the fuel, and long before your engine starts to miss you are 
running on a foamy fuel/air mixture that has no lubricating properties at 
all. Even on inline pumps like the 3B the plungers run clearances measured 
in millionths of an inch, anytime there is air there is metal to metal 
contact. Whan the tank level is very low you can get little shots of air 
every time you go around the corner. Think of  an injection pump without 
fuel as an engine with no oil, the wear occurs very quickly.
                Glenn