Neil wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Keith Addison > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 8:13 PM > Subject: Re: [biofuel] water > > > > > Will water in the fuel damage the engine? > > > >As far as a diesel motor goes...It will bugger up the pump if it gets that > >far.. most of it will get trapped in the filter. > <snippo> > > > They don't appear to think it will bugger up the pump. > > <Big Snippo>
You snippo the wrong stuffo - we're not talking about "wet diesel". "Following is a list of studies that are being considered for inclusion in work being done by EPA to assess the effects of water-fuel emulsions on emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx), hydrocarbons (HC), and particulate matter (PM)." http://www.epa.gov/otaq/models/analysis/emulsion/emulbibl.pdf A water-fuel emulsion is rather a different matter, eh? And so is water DISSOLVED in biodiesel, which it won't do in dino-diesel without an emulsion. No filter will remove dissolved water. How much of it though, and what are the effects? Good question, not yet answered. Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Osaka, Japan http://journeytoforever.org/ > Tell that to a friend of mine who got a wet load of diesel in his >disco TDi $A2.5k later the pump was good as new. The water is very >abrasive to the extremely fine tolerance internals of modern Diesel >injector pumps. Get a Racor aftermarket filter, it does not allow >water to pass and will cause the motor to stave rather than let >water through. > > Neil > Canberra Aus. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
