Ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel affects lubrication

[James Harvie]

Al. Thanks for setting me straight, on the point that Bio was legal to run in
the US. I read somewhere, that it was illegal. B100 how nice, do you live near
a Potato Chip Factory?

Al wrote: Jimmy,
I would agree that biodiesel has a higher gel point than
Diesel. But when you are using as a blend, then the higher gel point
will not be noticable. I believe this article used 1 - 2% as a
basis. You would be able to run 1 - 2 % blend in any weather as long
as the other 98 - 99 % is petro diesel. If you would need to add
additives to petro diesel to keep from jelling, this wil take care of
the biodiesel blend as well.

The running of biodiesel is perfectly legal in the U.S.
Actually the emmissions are better on the environment than the petro
diesel product. It is endosed by the EPA and DOT. In fact, the
government is promoting it by dumping millions of dollars in
incentives to get the technology rolling becuase biodiesel is a
renewable resource.

Yes the biodiesel is a cleanser and will remove all the years of
petro diesel deposits. This will end up in your filter but after
your first tank full, your filter changes will go back to how you
changed filters before. I change all of my filters ( gas & oil )
every 5k miles as a preventative.

My mixture goes from 50 % ( B50 )to 100 % ( B100 ) based on the
time of the year. Of course I enjoy having about two days a year as
a winter season.

Al, Kathy, Alfred & Daniel Johnson
'96 BMC B75
Mandeville, Louisiana

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, James Harvie
wrote:
>
> The first diesel that Rudolf Diesel marketed, was designed to run
on straight vegetable oil, although the first diesel tested, ran on
coal dust. I wouldn't hesitate to run a mixed blend of 20% Biodiesel,
to 80% Petrodiesel,(although Biodiesel is still illegal to use in the
US due to epa regulations) The problem with Biodiesel is that it has
a high gel rate, (+32*F) compared to Petrodiesel (-15*F) so if used
straight in cold weather, has to be preheated, in order to flow. the
other concern would be that Biodiesel has more solvents, than
Petrodiesel, which will disolve sludge that may be in the tank, so if
one decides to go this route, plan on changing the filters frequently
for a while. As for this new Ultra Low Sulpher Diesel, I wouldn't run
one drop of that, without at least some form of lubrication additive,
do to the fact, that it dosen't have enough Jimmy
Harvie
> 82 FC Boston
Ma
> Al wrote: On another forum that I participate in
someone found the following
> article summarizing the wear that Ultra-Low Diesel has on diesel
> engines.
>
> "A lower wear score indicates better lubricity. Biodiesel has been
> tested at varying concentrations with No. 1 and No. 2 diesel fuels.
The
> results indicate that a 1 percent blend of biodiesel with No. 2
diesels
> is sufficient to reduce the HFRR micron score below the required
460
> micron standard. However, a 2 percent biodiesel blend is required
in
> No. 1 diesel to get the HFRR micron score down to 460 microns."
>
> Link to the article
>
http://www.farmandranchguide.com/article.../productio
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> news/prod20.txt
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> Al, Kathy, Alfred & Daniel Johnson
> '96 BMC B75
> Mandeville, Louisiana
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