Re: Getting cold this week, check your blend!

soot up? I have a 300k plus mile vw with sooty oil for
the whole life of the engine, I like soot
--- Jeff Brandt <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 1/12/07, chris nich <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > I just mix b99 and diesel to make b50, no problems
> at all
> 
> Well yes, I guess the notice I made earlier is for
> those who are not
> willing to mix petrol diesel with biodiesel. Other
> than being a
> purist, I would rather not soot up my motor oil in
> my Mercedes. I've
> always admired that when running on B99 all the time
> my oil never goes
> black, it stays a beautiful golden yellow all the
> way up to my 7000
> mile oil change.
> 
> I however have the luxury of an alternate vehicle,
> one that I don't
> care about as much. In this vehicle I usually blend
> B50-B80 and also
> have no problems.
> 
> As per one of the previous posts mentioning
> modifications to switch
> tanks, yes this is possible. I believe though, that
> people would
> prefer a solution which does not require any
> modifications. So that we
> can help improve the usability of biodiesel during
> winter in Oregon.
> 
> The simplest real world solution for Oregon right
> now is to blend
> between B5 and B20 in eastern Oregon and B50-B80 in
> the Willamette
> Valley.
> 
> Many people wish there was an easy solution to cold
> weather that
> didn't require any petrol. There are several
> additives on the market,
> but most are quite expensive / gallon. I've heard
> good results from
> Wintron XC30 and Power Service Artic Express,
> however the Wintron will
> add about $0.35/gal at 0.5% by volume to the cost of
> your fill-up.
> 
> Jerry has mentioned that the Amsoil "Cold Flow
> Improver" may work
> well. Jerry do you know the cost of this product and
> concentration
> needed. The Wintron XC30 in Eastern Oregon might
> need a double or
> triple dose adding between $0.70/gal or as much as
> $1.05/gal. This is
> a pretty high premium to ask people running B99/B100
> to burden.
> 
> If anyone has any useful insight to cheap and
> available alternatives
> for B99/B100 users in Oregon without requiring
> modifications to the
> vehicle, please let us all know.
> 
> BTW: When I went and looked over my stock piles of
> stuff this morning
> I was surprised to see some 5 mic filtered veg oil
> in 5 gal containers
> still had a liquid / solid separation at about the
> half way mark at
> 21F.
> 
> I have a 330 gal tank with B99 soy methyl esters
> from Iowa that has
> some gelling around the edges but is quite liquid
> over the majority.
> 
> I also have several 30 gal containers with B100 that
> I made from
> yellow grease and it is quite solid now but was a
> cloudy liquid just
> yesterday at 34F.
> 
> All in all the SME is an impressive feedstock
> compared to recycled
> oils for mild cold weather.
> 
> I'm curious as to how the SeQuential fuel at the
> co-op site is
> behaving in all those big totes and how the in house
> co-op fuel is
> standing up to the cold as well?
> 
> 
> --
> Jeff Brandt
> Sun Break Biofuels, LLC
> mailto:[email protected]
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