Hello Donald >I've just put my first home blend of 5% biodiesel in my 1996 UK-spec >Peugeot 406, and it works very well. However I've read about rubber >fuel line components being 'rotted' by higher mixes of boidiesel. So >before I put in a higher blend, I need to identify the materials in >use in my car, and whether I will need to replace them before long >term use of B100. > >How do I do this? Is there a reliable way of identifying natural >rubber? The fuel line looks like rubber and is black and 'squidgy', >but there are artificial materials that have similar properties, so >I'm not sure. > >It seems that in Europe up until 1996 rubber was generally used but >since that year due to biodiesel being readily available in certain >countries, manufacturers started using other materials. As my vehicle >is 1996 I don't know whether it will use rubber or not.
I wouldn't bother. Actually I didn't bother, and neither did a lot of other people. First, a 1996 Pug or 1996 anything else won't have anything in there that biodiesel will eat. Well, it might, but petro-diesel will eat it just as fast (or just as slowly), so that doesn't make using biodiesel a problem. The fact is it's hard to find a case where it actually happened. If it does happen it won't be a sudden catastrophe, you'll have enough warning to do something about it. So go ahead, chuck it in and go. One proviso - this applies to *washed* biodiesel. No guarantees with unwashed biodiesel. For one thing, the excess methanol in it will rot a lot of things biodiesel itself won't rot. For more information see: Biodiesel and your vehicle > Compatibility -- Rubber http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_vehicle.html#rubber Best Keith ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
