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Fuel Additives? For Bio diesel
Just got back from Oregon and I found it harder to find #2 Diesel, lot of the travel stops only carry the 10 to 20 percent bio diesel. I called a Detroit dealer and they did not recommend using it? Is there a fuel additive that will make the fuel usable in a Detroit??
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Bio diesel has been shoved down our throats for years now. Where I fuel generally it ranges from 5 to 15. It is rare to find fuel without it.
Whoever says you need an additive or that is bad for use in our coaches needs to get out more. We have no options.
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Art, I’ve used bio diesel for years on the farm, in my semi’s (12.7 Detroits), tractors, combines etc. The main thing with higher ratios of bio is we change fuel filters a little more frequently. AANNNDD we don’t run it in the winter, it’ll gel.
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Used biodiesel last month to nevada and back to tennessee, no issues !
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Art,
No matter where you fuel I don’t think you’ll find non blended number 2 fuel. The blend seems to range from about 2 – 20 percent. In Oregon where I just fueled a few days ago it was B20.
I think the Detroit dealer who gave you that advise is out to lunch. Do they think thousands of series 60’s are out there searching for pure number 2?
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That’s True I filled up in Oregon it was B20
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Running high ratios of ethanol in gasoline can cause problems with older cars and truck with O-rings, gaskets, and some fuel lines. If the vehicle doesn’t have EFI it has more problems. EFI apparently senses the amount of ethanol in the fuel and adjust things (probably amount of fuel, injection timing, and maybe spark timing). Ethanol has less BTUs per gallon than gasoline so the mileage drops.
Does bio-diesel have any of these traits? Does bio-diesel have the same amount of BTU’s per gallon as petroleum based #2?
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In answer to your questions Dick, Nope and Yep.
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10-4. Roger Dodger.
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Bio in older pre emissions engines good
Bio in newer post emissions bad.
The newer electronic injectors and egr systems dont like it.
I purposely buy B99 for cleaning older engines.
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B-20 has 99% the BTUs of 100 Diesel. The animal fats used for the bio part has a slightly higher lubricity than diesel.
B-20 has been proven not to affect diesel engines. Higher amounts may be a different answer.
The difference in BTU content is really not measurable in fuel mileage.
There is a lot of critism of bio, me included, but no engine damage has been traceable to B-20.
If you have real proof, not guessing, please let us know.
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