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Cat 3600 Series diesel engines and C280 Series diesel engines can operate with crude oil as fuel. Table 1 lists the requirements for crude oil that is acceptable for use in standard 3600 and C280 diesel engines. Do not use crude fuel oil in engines that are Tier 4 EPA certified.
Table 1
Crude Oil Specification for Cat 3600 and C280 Series Diesel Engines    
Specifications    Requirements    ASTM Test    ISO Test    
Aromatics     35% maximum     "D1319"     "ISO 3837"    
Ash     0.1% maximum (weight)     "D482"     "ISO 6245"    
Carbon residue on 10% bottoms     3.5% maximum (weight)     "D524"     "ISO 4262"    
Cetane number     40 minimum (1)     "D613"
or
"D6890"     "ISO 5165"    
Cloud point     The maximum cloud point must not exceed the lowest expected ambient temperature.     -     -    
Copper strip corrosion     No. 3 maximum     "D130"     "ISO 2160"    
Distillation     10% at 282 °C (540 °F) maximum     "D86"     "ISO 3405"    
90% at
380 °C (716 °F) maximum
minimum of 60% cracking
10% maximum residue
Reid Vapor pressure    
138 kPa (20 psi) maximum     "D323"     "ISO 3007"    
Salt    
45.6 kg per 159 kL (100 lb per 1000 bbl) maximum     "D3230"     -    
Flash point     legal limit     "D93"     "ISO 2719"    
API gravity     30 minimum
45 maximum     "D287"     -    
Specific gravity (2)     0.8762 minimum
0.8017 maximum     (2)     (2)    
Lighter fractions (3)     30% maximum     -     -    
Fraction of kerosene and distillate (4)     30% minimum     -     -    
Pour point    
6 °C (10 °F) minimum below ambient temperature     "D97"     "ISO 3016"    
Sulfur (5)     (5)     "D2622"
or
"D5453"     "ISO 20846"
or
"ISO 20884"    
Viscosity (6)     1.4 cSt minimum and 20.0 cSt maximum as delivered to the fuel injection pumps     (6)     (6)    
Water and sediment     0.5% maximum (volume)     "D1796"     "ISO 3734"    
Vanadium     4 ppm maximum     "D5185-02"     -    
Sodium     10 ppm maximum     "D5185-02"     -    
Nickel     1 ppm maximum     "D5185-02"     -    
Aluminum     1 ppm maximum     "D5185-02"     -    
Silicon     1 ppm maximum     "D5185-02"     -    
Gums and resins (7)    
10 mg per 100 mL (5.8 grains/US gal) maximum     "D381"     "ISO 6246"    
Lubricity (8)    
0.52 mm (0.0205 inch) maximum at
60 °C (140 °F)     "D6079"     -    
( 1 ) A fuel with a higher cetane number may be required for operation at a higher altitude or in cold weather.
( 2 ) The specific gravity limits are determined by the standards tables using the "ASTM D287" test method temperature of 15.56 °C (60 °F). Also by the standards tables, the equivalent kg/m3 (kilograms per cubic meter) using the "ASTM D287" test method temperature of 15.56 °C (60 °F) for