Re: [alfa] Biodiesel

[Benjamin Kaupp <bkaupp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Then again, pump diesel in most states has so many OTHER additives that 
it too can be bad for your engine. Biodiesel is accepted enough that 
Yanmar and International-Harvester (anybody know of any others?) still 
honor their warranties.

-Ben Kaupp
'78 Spider (caveat YMMV)
'87 F250SD (International engine, though)
'82 240d (just drove 200 miles at 35mpg/85mph or so)

On Wed, 26 May 2004 13:14:15 -0600, Rich Wagner mentioned the following:
> Penn State researchers recently published a paper where they found that
> vegetable oils, without any additives to aid in lubrication, do NOT offer
> the lubricating qualities required for long life of mechanical injection
> pumps.  They did find that, by adding the same sulfur-containing additives
> used in normal diesel fuel, this situation was easily remedied.  However,
> the very same sulfur is the fraction of the exhaust gasses that are
> currently being objected to by the public.  The researchers have identified
> other compounds that can be blended with the fuels, and seem to provide
> acceptable lubrication, but research is still ongoing.
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