skywarn wrote:
Dgeist -
i was trying to say how bio is cleaner than the stuff you buy at the pump is.
What are the "unknowns??" why is it bad? Could we not have the same posting on why #2 is bad? There is nowhere in writing, that Bio is bad or good....
If you look at a high end camp stove... you can run 4 diff kinds of fuel in it and the end result is always the same...neither one of them is better, or worst for the stove. Bio may not be the "super" fuel of tomorrow, but it is way cheaper, cleaner AND cleaner burning.
I'm glad we're saying the exact same thing from different directions, then. So, to quantify what manufacturers are scared of with Bio (and consequently why some don't like to warranty things if you use it):
- Solvent function might be too much for some components at high concentration
- Fuel tends to be able to hold on to more H2O than #2, so if fuel isn't dried properly, it's more likely to cause problems
- Fuel has various sources that may or may not be filtered to the degree that's needed for the injection systems (same with #2, really, but potentially better regulated).
- High gel point might be deemed too much to explain to those in colder climates
- Crappy oil stock yields crappy power/performance (or at least substandard) which could be blamed on the engine instead of the fuel
- Problems with fuel supply system resulting from solvent function (carbon chunks in the tubes...)
Any other potential points that people argue against use of BioDiesel (I know there are philisophical and secondary environmental reasons for/against specific KINDS of biodiesel, but I'm just talking about the fuel and the jeep working together )
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