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Old 02-26-2008, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by KyleG
I might sound like a hound here, but why is it something that has to be done...what will happen to the truck? The reason I ask is because I saw the episode of Trucks!, when Stacey David making biodiesel and he didnt water-wash his batch, and ran it in a truck right after it was made. But I don't know i do what I have to.
You could run "raw" biodiesel, BUT it will slowly kill your engine. Raw biodiesel has excess Methanol, Catalyst, Water, Glycerol, and Free fatty acids in it. Not very good for engine life.............I also do not use water to wash my bio. I use Magnesol and dry wash.