I used biodiesel in VW Passat TDI for just over 2 years. Eventually the injection system packed up. the injector pump was affected and the electronic computer control that senses the temperature and sends the temperature to the injection system became faulty. My experience tells me that one should not use BD in tdi system. Has anyone else had similar experience?
fox --- Michael Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Both engines will run B100. It is the fuel system > that will eventually need > repairs. A sudden switch to the clean biodiesel fuel > will result in a > thorough cleaning out of the existing crud in the > fuel system, which will > end up in the fuel filter. So, plan for it, and have > a spare filter on hand. > > In the near term future any rubber components of the > fuel system will > dissolve and begin to leak. I have a '92 Chevy 6.2L > with no modifications at > all. It has been burning blends of biodiesel for two > years with no leaks, > but I will not be surprised when they start. On the > other hand a leak is > easy to discover and makes finding the failed part > easy to identify. > > I live in northern Wisconsin. Making biodiesel from > waste vegetable oil does > not make as good a fuel as from virgin oil. It is > possible, but requires a > lot more time to wash and dry, and I still end up > with a fuel that is not > usable in temps below 30F. From experience I now > begin blending when the > overnight lows reach 40F. When the overnight lows > reach 30F I am at a 50% > blend, and by 0F I do not use any biodiesel. But > days of below zero temps > are not many. I only purchased one tank of all > petro-diesel last winter. > > Last winter my truck failed to start three separate > times, and each time > required a tow to a heated garage to thaw out. > However, in defense of > biodiesel I need to admit that each time it failed > to start we found a > needed repair on the truck. The first failure we > discovered the glow plug > relay was not cycling properly, the second failure, > we found the fuel heater > was not cycling on at all, and the third failure we > found the circuit I use > to plug in the engine block heater was tripped (bad > extension cord). So I > can blame biodiesel for last year's problems. We > will see this winter if my > diesel ownership skills have improved. > > Bottom line, go for it. You will learn what you need > as you go. > > Michael > > > > On 9/25/07, Tony Marzolino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Hello List, > > I just purchased a 1984 Rabbit. Also a friend > has a 1989 Dodge with a > > 5.9 turbo diesel Cummings engine. > > > > Are they any modification needed to these cars > before running > > bio-diesel? We live in upstate NY, so I assume > B100 would not work in the > > winter. What is a suggested mixture (i.e. B75 or > B50)? > > > > Thanks, > > Tony Marzolino > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Building a website is a piece of cake. > > Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to > get online. > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > /pipermail/attachments/20070925/4b18a50c/attachment.html > > _______________________________________________ > > Biofuel mailing list > > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > > > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list > archives (70,000 > > messages): > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > /pipermail/attachments/20070925/37f1eab9/attachment.html > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list > archives (70,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > ___________________________________________________________ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
