Just got a question. Is anybody out there running B-20, or even B-100 in there PSD? Diesel just hit $3.69 a gallon, and soon to be $3.75! Getting frusterated and THINKING of alternatives. Sombody hit me with some info please.

 

I haven't run the bio in my truck but I know some people that have. When it gets cold is when you need to be carefull. From what I here the cloud point is a lot higher than regular diesel so it will get too thick and can't flow through the injectors.

 

Do some reading in the Biodiesel section down below. I think you'll find plenty of reading.

 

tHE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW THAT HAVE RUN THE BIODIESEL IN THEIR TRUCKS...HAVE THEY TOLD YOU IF THERE WERE ANY PERFORMANCE CHANGES IN THE ENGINE? WHAT TYPE ARE THEY USING? B-100? OR ARE THEY DILUTING IT WITH PUMP DIESEL? ARE THEY MAKING IT THEMSELVES?

 

THANKS FOR THE INFO. WILL DEFFINATELY CHECK IT OUT!

 

You can see many of my posts on my experience here and on other forums.

What part of the country are you in. If you happened to be near me, Vero Beach, FL, you'd be welcome to look at my set up and drive my vehicles to make up your mind.

 

California Res check this site out It's a list of all stations selling Bio Diesel in CA
http://www.biodiesel.org/buyingbiodi...city.asp?st=CA

 

thanks for link USMC DIESEL

-Junior

 

I only run B100 in my 2001 PS, and did the same in my previous truck (Ram 2500). In the winter the biodiesel stations will either mix it with kerosene (my station did a B70 mix with kerosene last winter) or will add a anti-gel to the mixture. This year they plan to use a new anti-gel additive, but if it gets cold and stays cold i might switch to a B50-B70 mix.

I only had problems once last winter with the biodiesel gelling, and that was due to a malfunction with my block heater. It took about 8 hours inside a heated garage to heat the truck and fixed the block heater.

As far as performance, the thicker biodiesel has a lower BTU amount but it will lubricate the engine better and i think the engine runs quieter. You might see a little better mileage but not a huge difference.

Price wise i am paying $3.21 a gal for B100 and dino-diesel is running $3.40-$3.50 a gal. I was told this week that biodiesel prices should be going up soon for a couple reasons. First is pure greed. With dino-diesel prices on the rise, bio diesel should also go up. Another reason for biodiesel prices going up is the record prices for soy beans due to the drought.

One warning for anyone switching from dino-diesel to biodiesel is the possibility of clogging your fuel filter. If you have any deposits in your fuel tank, biodiesel also works as a wonderful degreaser and could break up these deposits. But a gar of biodiesel in the garage is nice to have for cleaning up.

Rob

 

One guy is making it himself. I have lost touch with him being that he moved but last I heard he was running it in a stock 02 PSD and a volkswagon jetta.

 

i made it for a while, it's really not that hard, but collecting the waste oil is MESSY. There is some fear in the homebrew groups that states will start to make it harder to do it yourself (loss of tax revenues)

Rob