Gas Oil
Gas oil is a fuel that is cheaper than normal road diesel due to it being a rebated fuel used for heating, rail transport and agricultural sector. Gas oil should never be used in any vehicles on public roads. There is a red dye added to the fuel to help the police and VOSA identify the difference between normal road diesel and the rebated fuel.
Gas oil has many different names some to include: red diesel, cherry, 35 seconds, heating oil just to name a few. Sometimes there’s confusion about gas oil and normal automotive, white diesel fuel. Regarding its chemical make-up, there is no difference at all apart from the fact that red dye has been added to the fuel to differentiate it