Biofuel Conversion Pondering

[NoMoGMPG]

Originally Posted by ssgharkness020147

Hey Dave, how does your mix work? I am hating the pump, and actually not driving the truck everyday anymore, but would like run bio. How cold will your mix tolerate. I have a farm suply store two miles down the road that I can get bio at for pretty cheap and a buddy that works at an oil company that can hook me up with a tank, rebuilt pump, and kerosene for pretty cheap, so I'm pretty interested to hear how bio and kerosene is working for you in the winter months.

The bio works very well as long as it is quality, washed and dried stuff. Stay away from unwashed homemade bio, it will corrode your injection pump seals and cause failures.The 50/50 with kerosene is good to 15*F, if I expect a cold snap I'll stay with the commercial B20 which as I stated is good to -8*F (verified). Expect to replace your fuel filter every 500 miles at least for the first 1000 miles because of the cleaning action the bio does on the entire fuel containment system. Bio also makes the engine run quieter and last longer due to a huge improvement in fuel lubricity.

Good luck!

[Aubs]

Originally Posted by NoMoGMPG

The bio works very well as long as it is quality, washed and dried stuff. Stay away from unwashed homemade bio, it will corrode your injection pump seals and cause failures.The 50/50 with kerosene is good to 15*F, if I expect a cold snap I'll stay with the commercial B20 which as I stated is good to -8*F (verified). Expect to replace your fuel filter every 500 miles at least for the first 1000 miles because of the cleaning action the bio does on the entire fuel containment system. Bio also makes the engine run quieter and last longer due to a huge improvement in fuel lubricity.

Good luck!

So Dave, what is it costing you for a gallon of your mix roughly? I am still on the fence about this damn H3 vs. H1 thing. I am EXTREMELY tempted to buy an H1, and run it on biofuel, hoping that will be the only fuel that may actually decrease in price.