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Posted by Luke S on October 30, 2006 at 08:34:31 from (65.161.251.246):
In Reply to: Re: diesel fuel posted by Chris Young on October 30, 2006 at 03:13:04:
Chris, your salesman didn't know what he was talking about. In actuality, the new diesels will only run on anywhere from 5%-20% Biodiesel, depending on which engine it is. Any more than that and the Biodiesel starts to do strange things at the 23,000lbs. plus line pressure on high pressure common rail fuel systems. As far as the ethanol is concerned automakers are making more products that will use it, but I'd say less than 10-15% of total production is E85 compaptible vehicles, and even the E85 vehicles will still run regular gas, just not the other way around.
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