Cub Cadet SC2400 manual Daily Checks, Periodic Service, IMPORTANT Avoid damage, Bio-dieselFuels

14. PERIODIC SERVICE

2.Daily Checks

■Refilling the Fuel Tank

IMPORTANT: Avoid damage.

●NEVER use a galvanized container to store fuel. Diesel fuel in a galvanized container reacts with the zinc coating in the container to generate zinc flakes. If the fuel contains water, a zinc gel will also occur. The zinc gel and flakes will quickly clog the fuel filter and damage the fuel injection nozzle and fuel pump.

Diesel fuel should comply with the following specifications.

In cold climate, use Grade No. 1-D diesel fuel, and in warm climate, use Grade No. 2-D diesel fuel. The cetane number of the diesel fuel used must be 45 or higher.

When the air temperature drops below –4°F(–20°C) or the altitude of the work site exceeds 5000 ft (1500 m), use a diesel fuel whose cetane value is 50 or higher.

The sulfur content must not exceed 0.5 % by volume.

Less than 0.05 % is preferred.

Bio-diesel Fuels

In the United States, non-mineral oil based fuel resources such as RME (Rapeseed Methyl Ester) and SOME (Soybean Methyl Ester), collectively known as FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Esters), are being used as extenders for mineral oil derived diesel fuels.

Cub Cadet Yanmer approves the use of bio-diesel fuels that do not exceed a blend of 5 % (by volume) of FAME with 95 % (by volume) of approved mineral oil derived diesel fuel. Such bio-diesel fuels are known in the market place as B5 diesel fuels.

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