Minnesota biodiesel
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Minnesota biodiesel
Every year we must drive across Minnesota where the stations carry only 10% biodiesel. I've read that this generation of truck is made to burn 5% maximum. I'm not sure what damage the additional biodiesel does, but seems I read that it can harm your injection pump for one thing. I just installed a new Blue Chip Diesel IP and don't want to damage it, but must travel at least 800 miles through Minnesota. I do not have an auxillary tank. Suggestions on how to handle this?
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B20 will be fine. I've actually run B100 a couple of times with no damage. Figure that you will have some plain old dino juice in the tank anyway so the final mix will be less than 10% anyway.
I wish I could get B..ANYTHING around here. Every place that was selling it stopped. Even the Navy bases stopped selling it.
I wish I could get B..ANYTHING around here. Every place that was selling it stopped. Even the Navy bases stopped selling it.
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I live in Minn. I've gone through all the bio diesel entry, upgrades and startup problems.
Today Minn bio diesel can be up to 20%. It's very clean. I've never seen water in it. Since bio started I've not used any additives. Bio is better than any of them. I already have 300k miles on my second VP 44. The truck still runs very well, gets excellent mileage, starts in our nasty winters.
I wouldn't worry about the biodiesel. You may get a clogged fuel filter the first few times as biodiesel is a good fuel solvent. Other than that enjoy your trip.
Today Minn bio diesel can be up to 20%. It's very clean. I've never seen water in it. Since bio started I've not used any additives. Bio is better than any of them. I already have 300k miles on my second VP 44. The truck still runs very well, gets excellent mileage, starts in our nasty winters.
I wouldn't worry about the biodiesel. You may get a clogged fuel filter the first few times as biodiesel is a good fuel solvent. Other than that enjoy your trip.
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MN biodiesel
HMX, I'm not sure what a biocide is. I assume it kills the bacteria, but have never heard of this. I use Howes additive, is this a biocide?
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