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SEBU8455
Maintenance Section
Re
fi
ll Capacities
NOTICE
The footnotes are a key part of the Perkins Speci
fi
ca-
tion for Distillate Diesel Fuel Table. Read ALL of the
footnotes.
Table 7
Perkins Speci
fi
cation for Distillate Diesel Fuel
Property
UNITS
Requirements
“ASTM”Test
“ISO”Test
Aromatics
%Volume
35% maximum
D1319
“ISO”3837
Ash
%Weight
0.01% maximum
D482
“ISO”6245
Carbon Residue on
10% Bottoms
%Weight
0.35% maximum
D524
“ISO”4262
Cetane Number
(1)
-
40 minimum
D613/D6890
“ISO”5165
Cloud Point
°C
The cloud point must
not exceed the lowest
expected ambient
temperature.
D2500
“ISO”3015
Copper Strip
Corrosion
-
No. 3 maximum
D130
“ISO”2160
Density at 15 °C
(59 °F)
(2)
Kg / M
3
801 minimum and 876
maximum
No equivalent test
“ISO 3675 ”“ISO 12185”
Distillation
°C
10% at 282 °C
(539.6 °F) maximum
90% at 360 °C (680 °F)
maximum
D86
“ISO”3405
Flash Point
°C
legal limit
D93
“ISO”2719
Thermal Stability
-
Minimum of 80%
re
fl
ectance after aging
for 180 minutes at
150 °C (302 °F)
D6468
No equivalent test
Pour Point
°C
6 °C (42.8 °F) minimum
below ambient
temperature
D97
“ISO”3016
1606A Engine
1% maximum
Sulfur
(3)
%mass
1606D Engine
0.05% maximum
D5453/D26222
“ISO 20846 ”“ISO 20884”
Kinematic Viscosity
(4)
“MM”
2
“/S (cSt)”
The viscosity of the
fuel that is delivered to
the fuel injection pump.
“1.4 minimum/4.5
maximum”
D445
“ISO”3405
Water and sediment
% weight
0.1% maximum
D1796
“ISO”3734
Water
% weight
0.1% maximum
D6304
No equivalent test
Sediment
% weight
0.05% maximum
D473
“ISO”3735
Gums and Resins
(5)
mg/100mL
10 mg per 100 mL
maximum
D381
“ISO”6246
(continued)