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Current availibility of ULSD fuel

GPWayne - 9-16-2009 at 11:17 PM

Is anyone aware of the current availability of ULSD fuel in Baja and Baja Sur, Mexico? We would like to drive our motor home down Baja. But how far we can go will depend on the current availability of ULSD fuel in Baja and Baja Sur, Mexico? We have a 08 Winne with a Cummins ISB. (90 gallon tank..8-9 MPG)

If ULSD fuel is now available, other than close to the border, does anyone know where I can get a updated list of locations? That would help in planning our trip.

Thank you

EngineerMike - 9-16-2009 at 11:27 PM

GPW- I take my 08 Alpine Coach down every year as far as Loreto. So far as I know, there is no ULSD. I wind up running about one tank of non-ulsd thru the system. The particulate filter clean cycle has run twice.

Before buying the rig I checked it out with Cummins. One interesting fact was that ULSD wasn't universally available when the engines first came out. Cummins best advice was that running a few tankfuls of non-ulsd wouldn't hurt anything as long as the cleaning cycles could run unimpeded. So I try to run the tank way down by the time I get back to the states, then tank up so the clean cycle happens with clean ULSD. Works great so far. YMMV

bajabound2005 - 9-17-2009 at 09:15 AM

only place I've seen it is in TJ

Oggie - 9-17-2009 at 11:24 AM

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Originally posted by bajabound2005
only place I've seen it is in TJ


Where in Tiajuana?

bajabound2005 - 9-17-2009 at 09:21 PM

Tijuana....on Blvd Industrial at the newest Pemex...heading toward Otay.

Pescador - 9-18-2009 at 03:23 PM

This has been covered several times on this forum. Lower sulfur level is available to El Rosario, below that the distributor is different and you will get the higher sulfur levels. It is still not well agreed upon if this is a problem or not since we have had several people run their new engines over 200,000 miles on the higher sulfur level fuel.

David K - 9-18-2009 at 06:45 PM

All Baja Norte Pemex comes from the same depots that Tijuana and Mexicali use... all are ultra low now and have been for some time.... this is per a Pemex distributor and Baja Nomad member.

DianaT - 9-18-2009 at 07:07 PM

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Originally posted by Pescador
This has been covered several times on this forum. Lower sulfur level is available to El Rosario, below that the distributor is different and you will get the higher sulfur levels. It is still not well agreed upon if this is a problem or not since we have had several people run their new engines over 200,000 miles on the higher sulfur level fuel.


I know this subject has come up over and over which has been important to us as one son has a 2009 Dodge Diesel. While it is not a real problem since he has now bought a second older truck for his Baja travels, as he does not want to void his warrenty. I am curious--

Two of our neighbors in Baha Asuncion, one from Canada and one from California---both own diesel trucks and said their dealers told them to not buy 2009 trucks, but the little older ones were fine for the fuel available in Baja. I do not remember the cut off year they said???

Does anyone know if it was 2007 or 2008?

Bob and Susan - 9-18-2009 at 08:32 PM

ultra low sulfur diesel is ONLY for smog regulations in the USA

sulfur is a lubricant

it works fine in any diesel