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When it comes to car engines, using the wrong fuel is a real problem. Although it is theoretically possible to get any type of fuel into any kind of vehicle if you are bone-headed enough, the main problem today is when petrol is erroneously put into diesel fuel tanks. This is because it is unfortunately far too easy to do and affects a large and growing number of drivers. To add to the problem, effective products to be used as a misfuelling device are few and far between. Luckily, FuelSure is there for you today.
The main vehicle fuels in use today are petrol and diesel, both of these fuels being produced petrochemically in this case. As long as misfuelling can be avoided or the wrong fuel is prevented from entering the wrong type of fuel tank, all is well. Petrol engines can be modified to also run on liquid pressurised gas (LPG) or bio-ethanol as a non-fossil fuel substitute for petrol . A growing number of cars are now being mass-produced with the ability to use petrol or bio-ethanol at will. Diesel engines can also run, to varying degrees, on bio-diesel, which is the non-fossil fuel, renewable version of traditional diesel. Both of these diesel fuels are compatible with FuelSure, using a standard diesel pump.
Petrol engines rely on a combination of air and petrol being ignited by a spark inside the engine. The resulting combustion drives a piston that moves a camshaft that turns the wheels of the car. Engines like this have separate systems of lubrication built in that ensure that the moving parts can operate correctly. The petrol itself does not lubricate. It is a solvent and in fact washes away oil. Diesel fuel engines use the fact that a mixture of diesel fuel and air under high pressure will ignite without any spark. Diesel engines have high compression ratios to make this happen. These engines and their fuel lines and pumps also make use of the natural lubricating properties of diesel fuel, which petrol does not possess. FuelSure stops petrol getting it and protects your engine from the start.
These facts explain why petrol and diesel engines suffer severe problems when the wrong fuel is used. If misfuelling prevention fails (and this can be a simple as forgetting which fuel pump you should be using), then petrol in a diesel engine will strip out the lubricant in place and lead to metal grinding directly on metal. This in turn is a recipe for accelerated wear and tear, not to mention breakdown.
In modern common rail diesel injection systems, not only does petrol ruin the inbuilt lubricating processes, but it also damages the fuel pump that pumps fuel at extremely high pressure. The effect of petrol is to make the hardened metal inside the pump casing disintegrate into metal particles or shreds that can cause extensive damage inside the engine. The scraps of metal are known as swarf. You might remember some years back an advertising campaign for industrial workers hygiene, entitled “Swarf is a four-letter word”. The same idea applies to car engines, except that instead of cut or lacerated hands, the result of the wrong fuel can now be the fatal damage of thousands of pounds worth of automobile diesel power assembly. Yet FuelSure will cost you probably less than half a tank of fuel.
Now it’s easy to understand why a simple and inexpensive diesel misfuelling prevention device can save so much time, money and frustration. Find out today why this product is so effective and such a good idea by contacting us or calling us on 0845 475 8397.
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