Comodave
Moderator Emeritus
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2015
- Messages
- 22,357
- Location
- Au Gres, MI
- Vessel Name
- Black Dog
- Vessel Make
- Formula 41PC
Dripping diesel is unlikely to cause a fire unless it's landing on something very hot. Even then it'll probably make a bunch of smoke before there's much fire. But a cracked injector line or other source of spraying diesel under pressure can be a big problem very quickly if it hits something hot enough.
Agree. Diesel is very difficult to ignite when it is cool. But when it is hot it will ignite. We had to have boat crew candidates put out a live fire. The fire chief wanted to use diesel floating on water. We tried matches and finally a road flare and could not get it started. I suggested adding a bit of gas and then it went right up. One candidate extinguished the fire. Then with the diesel hot it would reignite with a match. So get some dripping or spraying on a hot manifold or turbo and it will ignite. Our turbo exhaust is around 700 degrees. Certainly hot enough to ignite diesel, fortunately there isn’t a diesel supply near the turbo.