What does it cost to convert engine from diesel to bio

[67guzzler]

I copied this response by Kent Bullard to a thread that was started on the BioDieselNow forum asking:



"What does it cost to convert engine from diesel to bio ?"



Here is Kent's reply:

It "costs" the petroleum industry when you stop doing business with them...



I did spend some money upfront as a prudent measure regarding fuel lines on my 84, MB 300D. It "cost" me $8. 73.



It "costs" you extra for the fuel. This I view as my environmental tithe.



The utilization of biodiesel will "cost" you in time as you become involved with it. Such as the time on the forums reading, posting etc. , talking to folks in the parking lot and interacting with others in the biodiesel community.



It may "cost" you in the long run for plastic surgery to correct the lines in your cheeks caused by smiling as you drive down the road.



There are environmental "costs" when you use biodiesel. NOx is one issue, the other is that biodiesel spills (such as changing your fuel filter) may eat your asphalt driveway.



But the biggest "cost" of all is associated with using a fuel that requires dependence on a domestic fuel source, requires you to support American workers and that it makes you use a renewable, clean burning fuel.

This is Kent's sig:



Kent Bullard

84 MB 300D Turbobiodiesel

95 MB E300D

2001 Dodge Ram 2500, 25 mpg.

B100 of Course & 2. 4 kW Solar



Along with a great sense of humor, he has a 2001 Dodge Ram. Thanks Kent!

 

[bighornram]

Well stated Jay!

 

[TXDSLSHOP]

I can only hope that someday his line of thinking will become commonplace! Well said!

 

[DieselTim]

cost to run bio

Lots of folks ask what has to be converted. Well nothing on the vehicle has to be converted at all. Just pour it in and drive. In the long run you may have to change a fuel filter a few times in the first month or 2 but that is because the biodiesel is cleaning out all the slime that has built up inside your tank and fuel system. In the longer run if you have an older rig with the natural rubber fuel hoses then they will get soft and maybe leak or collape, so if these two things keep you from running a fuel that you can make for yourself for about . 60 gal and about 2hrs of your time per batch then plz wave back as I drive past you while you are waiting in that long line to pay for your liquid gold. :{



Dieseltim

 

[67guzzler]

Lots of folks ask what has to be converted. Well nothing on the vehicle has to be converted at all. Just pour it in and drive. In the long run you may have to change a fuel filter a few times in the first month or 2 but that is because the biodiesel is cleaning out all the slime that has built up inside your tank and fuel system. In the longer run if you have an older rig with the natural rubber fuel hoses then they will get soft and maybe leak or collape, so if these two things keep you from running a fuel that you can make for yourself for about . 60 gal and about 2hrs of your time per batch then plz wave back as I drive past you while you are waiting in that long line to pay for your liquid gold. :{



Dieseltim

It was a joke.

 

[DieselTim]

conversion

I really do have lots of folks ask because they don't understand the difference beween SVO,WVO, and Biodiesel.



Just trying to help clarify,



Tim