Re: Getting cold this week, check your blend!

I just mix b99 and diesel to make b50, no problems at
all
--- Stephen Pahl <[email protected]> wrote:

> I've been reading the Biodiesel mail for awhile (the
> problem dealing  
> with gelling)
> ? what be the problem with having a secondary tank
> (1-2 gal) with  
> diesel(formula that doesn't gell) and a fuel line
> and tank heater  
> supplied from the water coolant system through a
> splitter valve that  
> can be manually operated.
> Would there be a design problem or reason that it
> wouldn't work.
> 
> Stephen Pahl
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> 
> On Jan 12, 2007, at 10:03 AM, Jeff Brandt wrote:
> 
> > On 1/10/07, Jerry McIntire
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Jan 9, 2007, at 6:26 PM, Jeff Brandt wrote:
> >>
> >> >  Of course nothing really helps you from gelled
> fuel lines.
> >>
> >> If you need to get going, you can try what I did
> in Colorado one
> >> morning when I woke up to about 14 degrees.  The
> Mercedes had metal
> >> fuel lines.  I put an electric space heater under
> the hood, blowing
> >> directly on the fuel lines and fuel filter, for
> 30 minutes.  At the
> >> second try, it started and I continued on my way
> to Portland.  Once
> >> it was running for a few minutes the warm return
> line fuel kept it
> >> flowing.
> >
> > The other night I filled my tank all the way with
> B99 (24 gal) in
> > hopes that if it gelled, it would only gel the
> outside walls of the
> > tank.
> >
> > Well this morning when I got up it was 21F, I
> decided not to try
> > starting my car right away. I waited until 9:30am
> when the temp was up
> > to 24F and the car did start. I waited for it to
> warm up and things
> > were looking good. Then it started to buck ...
> >
> > The fuel in the filter was obviously liquid, but
> the fuel in the lines
> > was to think for the lift pump and it quickly lost
> power and
> > eventually quit.
> >
> > The temp is supposed to go up today, so I'll try
> again at noon, and my
> > best bet is 2:00pm. Of course I looked at the
> weather for tonight and
> > it is scheduled to be 12F (wow).
> >
> > I really didn't want to put diesel in my car.....
> looks like I'll
> > either need to drive the work truck and wait or
> bite the bullet and
> > put some diesel in my tank at 2pm.
> >
> > --
> > Jeff Brandt
> > Sun Break Biofuels, LLC
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