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I a, looking into making bio diesel for my power stroke and am going to put a chip and propane injection on it will this stuff all work togather? Please help thanks
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2000 F-350, LongBed, C/C
k&n intake ***. 10k mod leveling kit
35 inch open country wrapped around ultra beadlocks
I a, looking into making bio diesel for my power stroke and am going to put a chip and propane injection on it will this stuff all work togather? Please help thanks
Biodiesel works just the same as petro diesel - well, almost.
Good - it lubricates better and is better for the injectors.
Bad - it gels in cold weather much more quickly.
It will work just fine with propane - well, except in cold winter.
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some mods, but never enough
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1999 F550 4x4 ZF6 pulling a Cedar Creek 36RLTS. Lotta mods.
1999 VW Jetta TDI 5speed stick, Titan 520's, CCV, EGR, CAT.
2000 VW Passat 1.8t Tiptronic. ZZOOOOOMMMM!!!
1996 Audi A4 Quattro. Unstoppable in the snow and ice.
You cannot explain or explain away the power of God.
The heated systems also make for some VERY interesting building/fabbing.
All should work just awesome together, just make sure the chip manufacturer knows you have a propane kit, so they can back off the timing a bit in the higher boost levels.
Run Diesel Kleen to help prevent gelling. 40* and colder it might gel. I have ran reg dino oil in -20* with no problems with the Diesel Kleen, real testement to its anti gel properties.
You don't have to worry about gelling in NV. Under 40 degrees is the point at which gelling becomes a concern, and biodiesel can perform okay down into the low teens with the same additives used for petrodiesel in northern climates.
As kwik said, mixing w/ petro lowers the gel point. The complicated systems for tank heating are mostly used by people running SVO, which is much more gel-prone than biodiesel. For biodiesel, the easiest thing to do is to put a small electric heating pad (available for big trucks) on the outside of the tank next to the outlet. This can be plugged into a 12V source (battery charger) overnight and run off of the vehicle's electrical system when underway. [DON"T FORGET TO DISCONNECT THE CHARGER.] Then you can get a line heater and/or a heater/filter from Dacor to finish the job.
Honestly, there are trucks running in Aaska in the winter on pure biodiesel, using the same approaches as they use for petrodiesel to prevent gelling.
Also, the comment I have seen on other threads that biodiesel is subject to bacterial decomposition, while true, is not really relevant. Petro has the same problem, which is solved in the same way, by adding antibacterial stuff to it at the refinery.
Can't tell you much on the Biodiesel, but get the MSD Digiatl propane system, the safest and most advanced out there! We have been selling them for a while and folks love it!
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