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Styvas
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Re: Diesel vs. gasoline for new car purchase

lol! Can regular diesel engines run on bio-diesel? I suppose that makes sense but I'd never thought about it.

dirtyjeffer0
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said by Styvas:

lol! Can regular diesel engines run on bio-diesel? I suppose that makes sense but I'd never thought about it.

old style diesel's yes (although, i'm not sure of the exact process).

modern "Clean Diesel" engines though, no...you can use some bio-diesel in a modern diesel engine, but no more than B5 (5% bio-diesel)...modern diesel engines are more complicated than older style ones, which is one reason why the older ones were actually a little better in terms of fuel economy, but it's the emissions...the high pressure fuel lines, special sensors and other emissions related components on the newer units than can be damaged using bio-diesel.
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said by Styvas:

lol! Can regular diesel engines run on bio-diesel? I suppose that makes sense but I'd never thought about it.

Some hobbyists convert their TDI's to run on veggie oil. Free gas if you are willing to filter restaurant waste!

dirtyjeffer0
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just make sure it is an old TDi engine, not a newer one.

Wolfie00
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said by booj:

said by Styvas:

lol! Can regular diesel engines run on bio-diesel? I suppose that makes sense but I'd never thought about it.

Some hobbyists convert their TDI's to run on veggie oil. Free gas if you are willing to filter restaurant waste!

I was thinking about that in connection with this comment:
said by IamGimli:

Exhaust gases smell. Bad. Especially when the engine gets older. Makes some people noxious.

One guy who converted his Mercedes diesel to run on veggie oil noted that one side effect -- not clear if he considered it a positive or a negative -- was that everywhere his car went smelled like french fries!

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said by booj:

said by Styvas:

lol! Can regular diesel engines run on bio-diesel? I suppose that makes sense but I'd never thought about it.

Some hobbyists convert their TDI's to run on veggie oil. Free gas if you are willing to filter restaurant waste!

This may be important to consider, fuel will be scarce after the zombie apocalypse