Bio-Diesel and particle filters

greg334 · Sep 28, 2007

Has anyone heard this it was on one of those BBC programs this morning and I can't find anything else about it.

The European vehicle manufactures are not approving the use of any bio-diesel mix or straight bio-diesel fuel for any US spec'd vehicle for the 2008 and beyond because the bio-diesel shortens the life of the particle filter to the point that testing has shown that the life is reduces as much as 90% depending on the way the bio-diesel is processed.

What I am wondering if this will have an effect on the 2007 emissions type diesel.

rollnthunder · Sep 28, 2007

HMMM i have been running B20 in my F250 for 2 years and i still change my fuel filter every 15000 to 20000 miles.Maybe the European mfg should take lesson from ford on filters...

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RLENT · Sep 28, 2007

I believe Greg is talking about exhaust particulate filters - how "clean" or "filtered" biodiesel is may not have as much to do with it as the actual checmical makeup of the fuel.

rollnthunder · Sep 28, 2007

Oh my bad....But heck i dont have one of them anyways so i dont need to worry.

greg334 · Sep 29, 2007

>Oh my bad....But heck i dont have one of them anyways so i
>dont need to worry.

You will ion the near future if you want to drive the truck anywhere other than your driveway. There is a quiet push for retrofitting every diesel engine vehicle in the nation by the environmentalist and the children's advocates because diesel pollution causes Asthma which no one has yet found out what the true cause is. Oh of course city and school buses are exempt.

Far fetched?

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