Paramilitary groups connected to political unrest in Northern Ireland have established laundering plants on both sides of the Irish border. Diesel (black) and dyed fuel oil (MPÖ; red) dispensers at a St1 petrol station in Tornio, … Detection of red-dyed fuel in the fuel system of an on-road vehicle will incur substantial penalties. Though both have similar base product but have different properties and usage. For instance, Sudan Red 462 is essentially Solvent Red 19, with the ethyl side chain replaced by either a 2-ethylhexyl or a tridecyl side chain. Put some in the mower the other day just because thats what i had in the container. If it looks like oil,smells like oil, and feels like oil, then it probably is. Diesel is also often dyed red or blue in the United States to indicate that it is tax-free. Has your vehicle ground to a halt! login | The main concern diesel engines raise is the smoke they emit, which can be a health hazard. ^It's the aromatics that go off in petrol though isn't it! Try 100 octane.mower runs even better than on 95 & smells great! lol sorry for the essay [11] In 2009, customs officials shut down a plant capable of removing the dye from 6.5 million litres of fuel per year. That way im never using stale fuel for my bike or mower. any red dye + Solvent Yellow 124: Orden PRE/1724/2002 of the 5th of July. There is an extra cost incurred when purchasing carbon offset red diesel, however some[clarification needed] suppliers of the fuel are donating the extra cost to projects aimed at lowering carbon emissions, meaning they make no extra profit from the sale of the fuel.[10]. For instance, Morton International created Solvent Blue 98 as a high solubility form of Solvent Blue 35. Some dyes required in some countries are listed here: Diesel is labeled by adding one of the coloring matters to 1000 liters of oil products:: "Purple gas" redirects here. BP98 is yellow, almost the same as yellow powerade. Yes I remember when 95 and 91was red .But now it looks like diesel a light oily brown. Only a few refineries worldwide still use powder dyes for colouring fuels, as ultimately they are still lower cost per active molecule of dye chromophore than the modified forms. As red diesel is widely available in the UK, the authorities regularly carry out roadside checks. The petrol companies add a dye into the petrol so they can tell which grade is which. BP98 is yellow, almost the same as yellow powerade, It's the modern high compression that requires it. Diesel fuel, although unleaded, was also dyed a brown color. [9], Carbon offset red diesel is, as of 2014, available in the UK. Aviation gasoline is dyed, both for tax reasons (avgas is typically taxed to support aviation infrastructure) as well as safety (due to the consequences of fuelling an aircraft with the wrong kind of fuel). (N-ethyl-1- (4-fenilazofenilazo) naphthyl-2-amine – at least 5.0 grams; This page was last edited on 23 September 2020, at 18:57. I run my mower on 98. Solvent Red 26 is used in the United States as a standard, though it is often replaced with Solvent Red 164, which is similar to Solvent Red 26 but with longer alkyl chains. So now I'm worried that i have something not right in the tank. [1][2][3][4][5][6][full citation needed], In the United Kingdom, "red diesel" is dyed gas oil for registered agricultural or construction vehicles such as tractors, excavators, cranes and some other non-road applications such as boats. Low-tax dyed fuel oil (Finnish: polttoöljy; Swedish: brännolja; always abbreviated on nozzles as MPÖ), is available in many rural petrol stations in Finland, primarily intended for certain types of non-road vehicles such as tractors and driveable construction vehicles.