I've been making and using bio for over 5 years with NO problems in multipull diesels. If you don't produce a quality product you could hurt any diesel.
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How many yrs has everyone run their specific product, and what maintenance have you incurred? I've seen some posts of diesel purist claiming people are ruining their car engines with bad product. I have a Nissan diesel from the 80s that I thought about trying before I convert a daily driver.
110k miles on straight used VO in my F350 - MANY of which are pulling my 10k lb 5ver all over the US for work (5ver is home away from home). Close to 40k miles on wife's Excursion, she commutes like 500 mi/wk to college. These are (2) of the best conversions anywhere. The F350 is DIY based on Vegistroke design and the Excursion is a 'SkySkiJason' modified V3 system from Frybrid. I heat and settle WVO to remove water and filter to 2 mics using fuel filters before the trucks.
Absolutely NO ISSUES whatsoever related to VO. I went 'over the top' with the wifes truck because I work out of town and do not need her to have any issues while I'm away. It is also done in such a way ANY tech can wrench on it without needing to know anything about the conversion. Considering I'm as far as 3000 miles from home and wife commutes 'over the mountain' (read: no cell service), reliability is of utmost importance. I stopped 'worrying' a looooong time ago!!
Don't expect this kind of performance from a 1/2 ass VO conversion (greasecrap, p-drive, etc) or from poor dewatering/filtering your fuel.
We also make B100 using a BioPro 190. The BioPro is alot like cheating though! 2-stage reaction (acid + base), triple wash, etc. and FULLY automatic!
I purchased my 2001 F350 new.
This year i ran 100% vo from May through September. I have not run less than 70% vo in a long time. I do have heat added to my fuel system and run it year round.
I have been running vo since 2003. Increased filter changes.
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2001 F350 7.3 DI cc dually purchased new by me.
HOH for fuel line heat from tank to 12v lift pump. GPI/CIM-TEK spin on filterhead and 10 micron filter. Two 12v 36" heaters wrapped around metal fuel lines. One before add on filter and one before OEM filter. Cool weather mixes. 100% vo to 65*. 5% K1 to 55*. 10% K1 to 45*. 20% K1 to 35*. 30% K1 to 10*.
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