Renewable R99
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From: SoCal/Wyoming
All of ours switched some time ago. Just use it, it’s fine. They will probably further reduce it to 90 before too long, that’s where our local stations are going. I fuel up at a 76 truck stop a few minutes from my home.
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Never heard of this. Some quick googling says it's a higher cetane, burns cleaner and alot of people says it quiets the engine down. It's not considered a a bio-diesel, even though it's from a biological source, and supposedly doesn't have the issues those do. Doesn't seem to be alot of downside and I couldn't find any major complaints or issues. I'd run it if we had it around here.
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Must be cafilornia, right?
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Renewable Diesel is not biodiesel. Renewable Diesel is a drop-in replacement for conventional Diesel. In many aspects, it is superior to standard Diesel. Higher cetane, better lubricity to help our your Bosch CP4 pump, cleaner burning. You may notice up to a 5% decrease in fuel efficiency due to the lower density of RD.
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There is a thread (I'll try to find it) discussing renewable diesel. It's been around in some areas for a long time and I have yet to see anyone talk about fuel system issues related to it. Last time I was in Southern California it was difficult to find stations that didn't either have a biodiesel blend or a renewable diesel blend. In my area it's not in wide use, only a couple of stations with R95. Because I can, I still use regular petrol diesel. Not out of some fear of renewable, it actually has some pluses. It meets or exceeds every minimum standard that petrol diesel does, and has a much higher cetane level, but I notice a little less MPG when running R95
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I would use renewable diesel if it was available but Kalifornia uses every gallon that is produced.
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I had a long and informative talk with an individual from a Chevron fuel technical department. Among the things he mentioned was that renewable diesel costs more to produce. Be that as it may, I have found the couple of stations in my area that sell R95 are usually priced lower than petrol diesel of the same brand, and other big name fuels.
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There is a thread (I'll try to find it) discussing renewable diesel. It's been around in some areas for a long time and I have yet to see anyone talk about fuel system issues related to it. Last time I was in Southern California it was difficult to find stations that didn't either have a biodiesel blend or a renewable diesel blend. In my area it's not in wide use, only a couple of stations with R95. Because I can, I still use regular petrol diesel. Not out of some fear of renewable, it actually has some pluses. It meets or exceeds every minimum standard that petrol diesel does, and has a much higher cetane level, but I notice a little less MPG when running R95
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(From worktruckonline.com)
An added benefit is related to fuel storage.
“Renewable diesel can be stored for a long time with no deterioration in quality or water accumulation, which can promote microbial growth,” according to Leuck of Neste US.
(rvjensen.com)
Easy to Handle and Easy to Store
There are no limits to storage time. Renewable diesel does not deteriorate in quality or become a home for microbial growth. Since it contains lo impurities or aromatics, it combusts with less injector maintenance and DPF regeneration.(western-global.com)
In addition to its environmental benefits, renewable diesel has a long storage life of up to 10 years and a lower freeze point (-40ºF) than diesel (14ºF).
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76 was the first to have renewable in my area, I would say this one started at least 2 years ago, and has only carried R95. I have one local Chevron that has been doing the R95 for awhile now too. The Shell stations here just recently made the switch, the two I checked last week have R99. It sure does look like Renewable and Biodiesel will be the only options in CA soon.
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this is something to investigate
why are they calling it r99 instead of b99.
does says you can only use b20 or less in a 6.7 so I wonder what they will say about r99.