Bio diesel

[rhino_50]

I was told by A friend that by the end of summer I will be able to get bio diesel. Has anyone used it? Any mpg difference? How about long term effects on the engine? thanks Rhino50

 

[JFaughn]

you just opened a can of worms , where to start ? well guess who invented the diesel eng. Rodolf diesel , he tried a lot of fuels like coal dust , amonia and ended up with the origanal [ not the alternative ] vegtable oil so farmers could make there own fuel, then the guys making gas figured that they had a market for one of the waste byproducts of making gasline , now we have newsspeak [ for later , gas being the alt, not vegi oil ] vegi oil has a little less btus. but more centain , also a lot more lube , infact some of the best additives are a high % of it , the used stuff works but the best way for the long term is to use a prossess called esterfication , to remove the gliserin and water, if you switch to a high % [ maybe 30% or more ] than you have 2 other issues , the vegi will take a lot of varnish , gums and other dirt [ diesel being a very dirty fuel [ except for jet fuel ] so you'll need frequent fuel filter changes in the begining, next is if you have about a 94 or earlyer high % of vegi will soften rubber hoses and seals to the point of causing other problums , but we seem to enjoy making things better so the effort is worth it , now add to that if you can find a place that does not over charge [ this maybe being the biggest job ] I've heard of some places selling for 1. 70 gal. and I'ved checked out making it for . 40-50 cents gal. To also help try this web site MU boidiesel- biofuels research [I wish my memory worked so I could postit].

 

[Cattletrkr]

JFaughn, god to see semoone else had truble llearnin how to tipe in MN publik skooolz. Whew!! :-laf



I've been running B5 (5%) soydiesel for about 2 months. Haven't really noticed any performance differences, but I almost never see anything beneficial from different fuels/additives. Just lucky I guess. I do like it though. I don't even think of running and additives for improving lube 'cause biodiesel/soydiesel is about as good as it gets. There's a thread in the "General" section somewhere. I'll post a link to it if I can find it. In the meantime, try this biodiesel site it's loaded with info.



Try these

Link 1

Link 2

Link 3

 

[JFaughn]

Are you talking about my typing or misspelling skills? I used to type 78wpm in 9th grade [ 36 yrs ago ] now I can'nt break myself from looking at the keys, oh by the way it was private schools , and I do not think it is all there falt.
Heres that web site http://missouri.edu/~pavt0689/bio fuel.html
I just noticed that my truck info is'nt there anymore?

 

[Tomeygun]

I just noticed that my truck info is'nt there anymore?

only on the first post of each page (per person) - to reduce bandwidth useage, I think

 

[Diesel Nut]

There seems to be alot of info in this thread - https://www.turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130255

Ive been trying to learn about this stuff too, and this thread is over 4 pages now, I think. Giver a shot!

 

[JFaughn]

Biodiesel-Biofuels Research
I just got the way to put up links , this is MU and almost all there reseach is with our eng.

 

[DocDetonancour]

I'm moving to WestYellowstone this Fall and I have noticed they have bio---diesel. Is this stuff OK for the CTD? Thanks, Doc