Hello!
With the price diesel's at, I'm finally able to financially justify beginning the switch over to biodiesel. It's something I've actually been wanting to do for a while, but the price difference was just too great.
There's a station in San Jose selling B100 for $3.54/gal, while dino-diesel's at $2.39/gal (at a different station). I wish I had the time and the facilities to make the stuff myself, but that's not in the cards at the moment.
I know that there's going to be a LOT of gunk coming out of the fuel tanks in the beginning, so I'm figuring on beginning with an 80/20 mixture, and slowly adding more and more Bio-D until eventually running on it straight. That'll also help cushion the cost.
Now, is there anyone out there who's been running an IDI on Bio-D for a while? Any adverse effects other than changing fuel filters on a regular basis for a little while? IIRC, I won't get as much smoke, and fuel economy will go down somewhat...and also IIRC, Bio-D is enough of a lubricant that I won't need an additive to protect the injector pump.
Any thoughts? Thanks!
With the price diesel's at, I'm finally able to financially justify beginning the switch over to biodiesel. It's something I've actually been wanting to do for a while, but the price difference was just too great.
There's a station in San Jose selling B100 for $3.54/gal, while dino-diesel's at $2.39/gal (at a different station). I wish I had the time and the facilities to make the stuff myself, but that's not in the cards at the moment.
I know that there's going to be a LOT of gunk coming out of the fuel tanks in the beginning, so I'm figuring on beginning with an 80/20 mixture, and slowly adding more and more Bio-D until eventually running on it straight. That'll also help cushion the cost.
Now, is there anyone out there who's been running an IDI on Bio-D for a while? Any adverse effects other than changing fuel filters on a regular basis for a little while? IIRC, I won't get as much smoke, and fuel economy will go down somewhat...and also IIRC, Bio-D is enough of a lubricant that I won't need an additive to protect the injector pump.
Any thoughts? Thanks!