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Old 06-27-2007, 10:28 PM
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How does the cummins (ve pump mainly) handle other fuels like wvo and also bio diesel? I know about the rubber parts with the BD but what about the wvo? I know this pumps don't need much more than 7-9psi, right? how about the rest of the engine?


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The methanol in biodiesel will attack the rubber in the older VE pumps but any other oils will be OK. An updated gasket/o-ring kit is about $20 and isn't to hard to install if you want to run B100. I think biodiesel blends up to B20 will be ok even in the older sealed pumps.

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Make sure the WVO is hot and the hard parts will be OK. The original rubber will get eaten up eventually.
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I read the sticky for replacing seal already so that will be covered (no problem spending $20 to save fuel from leaking latter) before the drop IN.
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