with a small sample.
Todd Swearingen
- Original Message -
From: "Alan Petrillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 2:04 AM
Subject: Re: [biofuel] Griffin Industries Biodiesel
> Appal Energy wrote:
>
> > Allan,
> >
> > Take a fuel s
Dave Williams wrote:
> Alan Petrillo wrote:
>
>
>>One of my trucks is sick, possibly fuel related, and both of them blow
>>big white clouds on startup, and have experienced hard starting since I
>>got my last batch of B100.
>
>
> Those are typical symptoms of a blown head gasket.
Yes, bu
Appal Energy wrote:
> Allan,
>
> Take a fuel sample, match it with equal parts water and agitate vigorously.
>
> I've seen your symptoms before when running fuel laden with incompletely
> converted glycerides. They are hydrophylic and would suck up any water in
> the bottom of the tank.
Could
As well as air in the system, which can be exacerbated by excess vacuum
caused by overly-thick biodiesel, and also caused by water in the system
- as found via a blown head gasket, as you point out, or by water in a
bad batch of biodiesel.
I'd just drain it all out, see what it looks like, ref
Alan Petrillo wrote:
> One of my trucks is sick, possibly fuel related, and both of them blow
> big white clouds on startup, and have experienced hard starting since I
> got my last batch of B100.
Those are typical symptoms of a blown head gasket.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Williams)==
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To: "biofuel"
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 12:31 AM
Subject: [biofuel] Griffin Industries Biodiesel
> Does anyone have any experience with biodiesel made by Griffin Industries?
>
> One of my trucks is sick, possibly fuel related, and both of them blow
> big wh
Alan,
I checked with some of our local bioD resellers, and there was at least
one bad batch from Griffin. I'd contact Griffin about it - maybe they'll
comp you some good fuel for your trouble. Here in N. California, Yokayo
Biofuels went the extra mile when they sold some funky bioD, and
actua
Does anyone have any experience with biodiesel made by Griffin Industries?
One of my trucks is sick, possibly fuel related, and both of them blow
big white clouds on startup, and have experienced hard starting since I
got my last batch of B100.
I've put in a call to Aaron at Ward Oil about it,
