Fuel troubles * Canada - Alberta-made diesel poses problem for some trucks
Detroit,Mich,USA -CanWest News Service (Canada), by Chris Vander Doelen -April 17, 2007: -- Scientists hope the coming flood of diesel-powered vehicles to North American car dealerships sheds further light on a little-known problem with fuel made from the Canadian oilsands... Diesel fuel made from 100 per cent oilsands petroleum has been causing injector malfunctions and other problems in some diesel truck engines in Alberta, an international conference of engineers heard Monday. The problems disappear when the pure Alberta fuel is mixed with diesel from anywhere else in the world... The problems are believed to be linked to the molecular structure of fuels derived from the oilsands, and the process used to extract it...
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