@Begbucks I am willing to consider that the source B99 I acquired for this video was properly manufactured and filtered. My premise is, B100, when properly manufactured and filtered, contains components that are not compatible with petroleum distillates, such that when B100 is blended with petroleum distillates, then those incompatible components in B100 will precipitate out of solution. So, if one put B100 in a fuel tank with diesel fuel in it, then precipitates may plug up the fuel filter.
@Jhananda Yes that would make sense, on a side note; there has been much poorer quality diesel circulating around too (seems there has been a rash off problems associated with bad fuel recently. But mainly on the Ford 6.0 (not a good engine to begin with) where the fuel is turning to a gel (yes non-blended straight #2 diesel & getting trapped in the fuel filter reservoir & the fuel pre-filter pump. Perhaps the bio variety has also taken to a fall to slackers on the job &/or economics.
@Begbucks I have not heard of "bad" diesel fuel, but D2 does tend to gel when the temperatures drop below freezing. A simple solution is to put about a gallon of gasoline into the diesel fuel tank, because it does not take much gasoline to anti-gel diesel fuel.
@Begbucks at this point I find making biodiesel far more trouble and expense than blending; and blending works on all oils; whereas biodiesel is veg only; however, blending does not work with animal fat and hydrogenated oils; whereas the biodesel process does. So, converting animal fat and hydrogenated oils to biodiesel, then blending that B100 with gasoline to force the precipitation of incompatible components in that B100, and lowering the gel-point of that B100 is a complete solution.
@Jhananda I would have to agree, the less work the better. I once did a theoretical test that entailed a start up/shut down scenario on diesel (about .32 Gal. consumed for a big block V8) & then a run on straight VO once the engine was brought to operating temp.on an avg. day/ If you drove perhaps some 35 miles & did a purge only twice the total net cost would still be about .06 cents per mile as with centrifuging/blending.
@Begbucks Yes, I started with a two-tank SVO system about 5 years ago, but at the same time I experimented with blending. I generally do not drive far on a normal basis, say a few miles, so I could get to my destination by the time the engine had warmed up for switch over to SVO, so blending turned out to be a better solution for me, because there is no startup or shutdown purge cycle
Almost seems as a poor biodiesel batch to begin with, do you agree?
Sad to think that they sell this tonic for as much or more then #2 pump diesel. especially when we can make our own.
in your opinion do you feel there are any merits at all to using biodiesel V.S. SVO/blended to thin it out & drop it's congealing point?
Begbucks 3 months ago
@Begbucks I am willing to consider that the source B99 I acquired for this video was properly manufactured and filtered. My premise is, B100, when properly manufactured and filtered, contains components that are not compatible with petroleum distillates, such that when B100 is blended with petroleum distillates, then those incompatible components in B100 will precipitate out of solution. So, if one put B100 in a fuel tank with diesel fuel in it, then precipitates may plug up the fuel filter.
Jhananda 3 months ago
@Jhananda Yes that would make sense, on a side note; there has been much poorer quality diesel circulating around too (seems there has been a rash off problems associated with bad fuel recently. But mainly on the Ford 6.0 (not a good engine to begin with) where the fuel is turning to a gel (yes non-blended straight #2 diesel & getting trapped in the fuel filter reservoir & the fuel pre-filter pump. Perhaps the bio variety has also taken to a fall to slackers on the job &/or economics.
Begbucks 3 months ago
@Begbucks I have not heard of "bad" diesel fuel, but D2 does tend to gel when the temperatures drop below freezing. A simple solution is to put about a gallon of gasoline into the diesel fuel tank, because it does not take much gasoline to anti-gel diesel fuel.
Jhananda 3 months ago
@Begbucks at this point I find making biodiesel far more trouble and expense than blending; and blending works on all oils; whereas biodiesel is veg only; however, blending does not work with animal fat and hydrogenated oils; whereas the biodesel process does. So, converting animal fat and hydrogenated oils to biodiesel, then blending that B100 with gasoline to force the precipitation of incompatible components in that B100, and lowering the gel-point of that B100 is a complete solution.
Jhananda 3 months ago
@Jhananda I would have to agree, the less work the better. I once did a theoretical test that entailed a start up/shut down scenario on diesel (about .32 Gal. consumed for a big block V8) & then a run on straight VO once the engine was brought to operating temp.on an avg. day/ If you drove perhaps some 35 miles & did a purge only twice the total net cost would still be about .06 cents per mile as with centrifuging/blending.
Begbucks 3 months ago
@Jhananda 2.) Con't.. not to mention the reduced hassle off warming up the engine & additional conversion technicalities on some models.
Begbucks 3 months ago
@Begbucks Yes, I started with a two-tank SVO system about 5 years ago, but at the same time I experimented with blending. I generally do not drive far on a normal basis, say a few miles, so I could get to my destination by the time the engine had warmed up for switch over to SVO, so blending turned out to be a better solution for me, because there is no startup or shutdown purge cycle
Jhananda 2 months ago
@Jhananda Yes I have to agree.
Begbucks 2 months ago