Don't assume that diesel anti-gel will work on biodiesel. I spoke with a Power Research chemist at length a few years ago (the people that make Pri-D and Pri-Flow) and was told that there are too many differences between biodiesel and diesel for their stuff to be effective. They had looked into making a biodiesel additive, but found that there was too much difference in commercially available Biodiesel for them to come up with something that always worked. They did offer to custom blend a Biodiesel or Waste Oil antigel for $15 - $50K, but warned that changing the feedstock of the biodiesel or the properties of the Waste Oil would render it less effective and they would not guarantee the results. They did say that their Pri-Ocide microbicide would probably work as well in WVO and Biodiesel as if does for Diesel - as far as killing mold, spores, and fungus and whatever might try to grow in it.
-Dave Walton On 10/5/05, Nick Gough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've read some of the comments over time, about biodiesel. Well, I tried out > a 2% biodiesel-98% normal #2 at a Shell station on Rte 123 & I-75 (one of the > Franklin exits, just south of Dayton, Ohio) and it was expensive... > $3.20/gal. I filled it up and have been running fine with it since last > Thursday. On Sat, I began to use 5w30 Mobil 1 instead of 15w50, getting ready > for winter (I want to see if it will fire up in the parking lot at the end of > a day without smoking too badly.) The car seems to have more power and I've > used a lot less fuel for roughly the same number of miles as the last tankful. > > > > How does biodiesel fare during the winter months? Won't it gel a lot faster? > If so, there will be a huge boost in anti-gel additive sales. A friend is > buying a 1993 300D (2.5L turbo) and wants to use 100% biodiesel in it. Will > he have to convert his car over to it? I know of someone else who uses 100% > biodiesel in his Benz diesels without conversion and they run fine with no > problems. So, who is correct? Are these guys flirting with danger of some > sort by using biodiesel without a conversion kit for their cars? > > > > Thx. > > > > > > Nick Gough > > Dayton, Ohio > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! for Good > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
