What color is my Diesel fuel?

[MarioG]

I changed the primary and secondary fuel filters on the genny today. It went well. I poured out the fuel from the old filters and noticed that the fuel was the color of red wine. what does it mean?

 

[Passages]

Was it a Rose or Merlot?

 

[Boatsb]

Real men burn red. really smart people buy off road dyed red diesel and do not pay road tax on the fuel.

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Red is good. Black is bad.

 

[Pascal]

off road, untaxed is red.... diesel at a road pump is clear.

 

[MarioG]

ok, thanks guys!

 

[Angela]

off road, untaxed is red.... diesel at a road pump is clear.

I didn't know that! I thought all diesel was red. I've learned something new today.

 

[krush]

Road diesel is greenish/clear.

 

[yachtsmanbill]

When you see portable scales with gendarmes checking stuff, one of the first things they look at is the fuel color. Red stuff in Illinois is a 10K fine. The cheapo operators use red fuel in the refer units tho, thats not considered road equipment, just like bulldozers and farm tractors.
I prefer Sangria! ws

 

[DeeRow]

Actually, trucks file a road use tax in every state traveled that includes fuel purchased and miles driven. If fuel is purchased out of state all the time, the trucker must write a check to the state for the road use tax. Fuel purchased (and taxed) for a refer can have the tax refunded to the trucker. It is a pain in the butt to file all the tax forms. Some independants will actually buy fuel in every state to avoid having to write a check to them. Some run strictly "outlaw", no fuel stickers, overweight, and around the scales all the time.

 

[Capt K]

Right now, in our area (CT), the taxed road diesel is a little cheaper than the untaxed diesel on the docks. As usual, we have to stock up on the KY to get over this!!

K