[AT] diesel
Spencer Yost
yostsw at atis.net
Wed May 8 11:30:19 PDT 2013
You can indeed mix it at any ratio you like. In fact B20(20% biodiesel, 80% diesel) seems the most common around here at the retail pumps.
Spencer
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On May 8, 2013, at 15:10, "Richard Fink Sr" <rfinksr at verizon.net> wrote:
> Spencer can the bio be mixed with regular diesel. Or do you need to run one
> or the other.
> I have a 94 Ford F350 with diesel engine. i am trying at present to sell it
> but wondered if it may be an idea to run it with mixture of both.
> R Fink
> PA
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>> I really debated sending rhis because i hate politics, ideaology and belif
>> austems that require dogma and selfThose that know me understand I love to
>> experiment. One of those was a big experiment I performed making
>> biodiesel. I made in excess of 2000 gallons over 3 years. I ran it in
>> 1986 Isuzu Trooper diesel. So here are my conclusions and observations;
>>
>> Biodiesel did result in a 5% drop in mileage (25.8Mpg to 24.6MPG)
>> Biodiesel cost me between 1.25 and 2.50 per gallon to make depending in
>> the price of methanol(a commodity whose price swings in ways I could never
>> predict).
>> Wake forest University BD program analyzed my first four batches. All met
>> ASTM standards which proves it can't be too hard to make if I can do it.
>> My engine would run quieter
>> My exhaust smelled better.
>> No idea on lubricating qualities but I had no problems on the 60K-75k I
>> ran B100-b50. Have to defer to chemists in that one.
>> Did clean the fuel tank. Had to replace filters several times at first.
>> Did ruin the fuel pump diaphragm on my 1952 Oliver 70 diesel. New
>> diaphragm could handle it though.
>> Does gell at 25-28 degrees. Higher temps(~33) if you used peanut oil. Had
>> to run B50 in the winter.
>> Sold the biodiesel plant i designed and built to a chemist who was
>> experimenting and needed to go a little bigger. His initial experience
>> echoed mine.
>>
>> In short, I loved it but is not a silver bullet. But there is definitely
>> a place at the table for biodiesel.
>>
>> Pa. The extra cost is BS because the commercial producers get a 1 dollar
>> per gallon subsidy. They cannot be spending more than $2/gallon to make.
>> They have to be "green" gouging based on my experience .
>>
>> Spencer
>>
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