bio Diesel

[Al]

Jay,
Actually, biodiesel is a very good solvent. So it's not the
fuel that is dirty. Basically, biodiesel is cleaning out years of
petro build-up. If you don't believe me, take a very dirty engine
and put diesel on it and let it sit for 5 minutes and rinse.
Nothing comes off the engine. Put the biodiesel on it and rinse and
it will clean engine better than any off the shelf engine cleaner.
Plus biodiesel is derived from plants so it is a renewable resourse
unlike the petro we by from our friends in the middle east now over
$75 a barrel. Generally after a couple of tanks, your system will
be cleaned out and the freq. filter changes will go away.

Al Johnson
96 BMC
Mandeville, Louisiana
Currently in Chongqing, China.
--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jay Darst"
wrote:
>
> Guy,
> I have not been exposed to the B20 blend of Bio diesel.
>
> But would like to make a comment here...
>
> The local distributor(in Sullivan,IL) only sells the 11% bio-blend.
>
> With the late model GMC Duramax Diesels, we have found consistency
> in the need to replace the fuel filter every 2,000 miles when
using
> this 11% Bio-Diesel.
>
> In the Cummins, no problems such as this.
>
> We have a GMC customer who has replaced the OEM factory filter
with
> a Racor, don't know which micron filter element he is using...
>
> Seems that the 11% Bio-Diesel has a thicker viscosity making it
> harder to filter the crap out prior to selling it to the retailers.
>
> I buy most of my fuel from this place, I get 6.4mpg with it. Used
to
> get 5.5 to 6.0 with Flying J fuel, but its about the same now. The
> real point here is, my Racor element is covered with a black slime
> when the filter is changed every 5,000 miles, when the DD oil &
> filter change is performed.
>
> I use Lucas fuel treatment at the rate of 1 gallon per 400
gallons
> of diesel, should be sufficient to prevent algae/plant growth in
my
> fuel.
>
> Bottom line here, Bio-Diesel is not as clean as fossil fuel.
>
> My brother Dan has mentioned that the powers that be are changing
> the diesel fuel chemical mix in September, causing a very minor
> reduction in the cetane(like Octane is to gasoline).
>
> Diesel fuel, seems like a moving target right now ...;~}
>
> Later
> Jay Darst
> 85PT40
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "guysmalley"
> wrote:
> >
> > Has anybody actually tried B20 bio diesel blend?
> >
> > http://www.biodiesel.org/buyingbiodiesel...lingsites/
> >
> > guy smalley
> > 86 pt 40
> >
>