Anyone using Bio Diesel in 08 6.7s

[TNT]

B11

Been running 11% bio from day one. No problems with 5500 miles on the clock. I've heard that other brand vehicles have had problems with the same fuel station where I get my fuel, but so far it's working for me.

 

[lklauder]

biodiesel standard

P 146 of the March 2008 issue of Diesel Progress has an interesting news note as follows:



"According to a study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) the quality of biodiesel has achieved a high degree of success meeting national fuel quality standards, in part because of National Biodiesel Board's (NBB) fuel quality outreach program. The results indicate a significant improvement in fuel quality since 2006.



"NREL, a Department of Energy laboratory based in Golden, Colo. , collected the samples from a relatively large number of biodiesel producers between April and October 2007. The facilities made biodiesel from different vegetable oils and fats and ranged in actual production from 3000 to 30 million gal. per year. NREL then tested each sample for the most critical parameters required by ASTM D6751, the national standard for biodiesel.



"The study showed that plants certified under BQ-9000, the industry's voluntary quality control program, faired best. In addition to putting more resources into BQ-9000, the NBB has worked with the Internal Revenue Service and the EPA on enforcing fuel quality. In order to receive the federal tax incentives for biodiesel, the biodiesel must meet D6751. "



The article did not mention anything about how well the biodiesel is cared for between the time it leaves the producer and goes into our trucks.

 

[Tom Schuster]

i would make it but i am lazy, also i dont know where they sell it on the west side of houston

Look here:



Biodiesel.org - Retail Fueling Sites



I put a tankful of B5 in my 2007. 5 3500 MegaCab the other day (at $3. 89 a gallon it was cheaper than straight diesel by $0. 10 a gallon). I used B5 a lot in my 1999 2500 and would have run B20 if we had a pump here that sells it. There is one place selling B100 but I haven't tried that in the 1999 truck yet.



I used the B5 in the MegaCab once or twice last fall but stopped because I was getting a lot of black smoke coming out of the tailpipe. I called the supplier and they assured me that it was bio mixed with ULSD, but this is the same supplier that gave me some song-and-dance about not being able to get biodiesel to Kalispell at the same time they were hauling it in here on railcars and trucking it over to Spokane so they have a credibility problem with me.



So far I am not getting any black smoke with the tankful I just put in. If I don't have any more smoke problems I'll keep using B5 until next fall. I don't run B-anything in the truck during the winter because it gels up.



Went to church yesterday and a fellow member pointed to me at lunch and said, "If it weren't for Janet and her need for biodiesel," (I talk about it a lot), "our food prices wouldn't be going up so much. " I was speechless. Forgive me for trying to do something to promote energy independence in my part of the world.



Janet (the wife)

2007. 5 3500 MegaCab

 

[Hounddog]

11% Biodiesel

Been running 11% bio from day one. No problems with 5500 miles on the clock. I've heard that other brand vehicles have had problems with the same fuel station where I get my fuel, but so far it's working for me.

Where are you getting 11% Biodiesel, the only thing commercially available around Abq, NM is B5 B20 and B100?

 

[AZRedneck]

Any new news on Bio?