On road #2 diesel should be low sulfur (<0.05% or 500ppm) now; I believe the
requirement for ultra low sulphur (<0.0015% or 15ppm) road diesel in US is
2007 or 2008. Red dyed off-road/construction/farm diesel & heating oil may
be either regular (0.5% or 5000ppm) or low sulfur, thee latter being perhaps
a couple cents more per gallon.

Check http://www.eia.doe.gov and http://www.epa.gov/ too.


"L0nD0t.$t0we11" > wrote in message
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> Roughly 1/10/04 07:19, fake name's monkeys randomly typed:
> > I love diesels.
>
> Lotsa lotsa torque, good mileage.
> >
> > In the US market.. what diesels are avail for purchase new in 2004.
> >
> > All I can find is a Ford Excursion which is nice vehicle, but a pinch
> > large for my needs. Something Blazer/Explorer/4-runner size desired.
>
> There is a 300 plus HP diesel with over 500 ft-lb of torque
> about to be available for the VW SUV. Supposed to be faster
> than the 310 hp V8 now available, with bundles more pulling power.
> >
> > Another new US diesel was that Dodge Sprinter: ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly!
> > I think the designer is still in therapy w/ Dr. Melfi.
> >
> > While aren't diesels available more in the US?
>
> Crappy high sulfur fuel, the european and modern diesels don't run on
> it too good. New diesel fuel standards about to take effect over
> next coupla years should allow some very interesting units to be
> available.
>
> Plus dealing with the particulate emissions of diesels is about
> to be available.
> >
> > I once had a 6.2 D Chevy Blazer... it treated me well. I should have
> > kept it.
>
> Some of the new ones in the pipeline are just as powerful with
> better mileage. If you aren't in a hurry to buy, check out the
> EPA and DOT websites for when the low sulfur diesel fuels are
> scheduled to be available.
>
>