TexasRacer
Junior Member
Some of the gas stations around here sell a 20% bio diesel fuel. Anyone have any experience with it?
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Long term experience using it, also you should treat your fuel tank a few time's a year with algaecide because alga & other gunk can grow in Bio diesel, fyi Bio diesel has a higher gel point than #2 diesel...How does one know Bio-diesel clogs up the fuel filter faster than th#2 diesel? Is there a visual indicator for this?
When we were in Oregon for several weeks last summer almost every fuel station had only blends. Some said 5% blend and some said "up to 20%" blend.
We were pulling our 14k lb 5th wheel and I noticed ZERO difference from #2diesel.
I don't understand how carbon in the engine gets back into the fuel filter... and not out the exhaust.Usually the fuel filters clog up early only once. Bio-diesel will take carbon out of your engine and some of it shows up in the fuel filters. Always carry spares onboard for that reason. After the first filter change, bio fuel should not clog up your engine filters any faster than straigt dino fuel.
That makes sense. But I don't understand the post that says biodiesel will clog the fuel filter by cleaning carbon out of the engine. It would seem to me that any carbon burned would hit the exhaust instead.Bio has wax in it, so yes, it will clog up the filters. That’s why you change them sooner.