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I was out pushing dirt with my 3cyl diesel today and noticed when under a load the tractor doesn't put out black smoke, and the smoke it does put out smells like fabric softner. I don't like this new bio-diesel, I want BLACK smoke and the good old diesel smell back. Mike
 
That bio-fuel is worse than the devil I say... I have a injector pump all messed up because of my mistake in buying it..

Everyone will tell you it was cause there was crap in my fuel tank. All I can say is go buy a brand new fuel can and fill it with bio fuel and tell me how long it takes till it has stuff settled like cooking grease on the bottom of the fuel can and develops a "rotten" odor.. (I found out about 1 year is too long)

Brad
 
lack of smoke is from the new standards in fuel that eliminates sulphur. soy-diesel is one of the ways to lubricate your injection pump on older diesel engines. another way is to add oil.
don't add red transmission fluid to road diesel, the DOT won't like you.
 
That's funny.
They smoke just fine around here on 5-15 ppm sulfur....
If you want smoke, work it harder.

Rod
 
Why people get excited about bio diesel is beyond me. That stuff is a time bomb. If you get a good batch you're ok. Between the power loss, nozzle plugging, deposits, filter plugging, algae growth, etc. It sure isn't worth the risk.
 
I drive a semi, part time. We run some bio-diesel in the summer. If you run it in colder weather be ready to change filters a lot and fight fuel jelling up below 10*
 
I, too, found out the hard way about bio-diesel. I just got mine running again after an expensive engine rebuild. When I tried the bio junk, it did not take many hours until it started running rough and hard starting. I did not have the luxury of having the tractor down at the time so I put it off until the season was over. The injectors were stuck or scored very bad and the pump was ate up as well. The pump was rebuildable but the injectors are junk. The exccess fuel washed the cylinder walls down so they were worn very deep. That is with 2088 hours. Before trying it, I cleaned the tank, lines, filter housings, new filters, everything I could think of, to avoid the problems I kept hearing about. No more experimenting with a cleaner environment for me. It polluted more with the bad pump and injectors than if I kept running old type high sulfer fuel.
 
Minnesota has had all diesel at 2-3% bio for a couple years now. If we can deal with it here in MN, it should work about anywhere.

It helps to lube the pump, makes up for the lack of sulfur now, so I'd be kinda scared _not_ have a low level of bio.

Depends on how it was made, bean bio is pretty good, animal fats can be very hard to make a good product from.

It's gonna clean out your tank, and it does support a bit more algea type growth on long term storage. Gotta know what you are doing. Lot of farmers are running 20-30% bio and works for them. You need to know what you are doing a bit more tho, and have a good supplier who has good pure bio.

The low-level bio up to 5% should be a good thing in this anti-sulfur world more often than not.

--->Paul
 
The bio works great when its made by a quality supplier and used in a decent time like gas.

Up here its too cold in the winter to store diesel for years anyway, if you bought in the summer your bulk tank is solid most of the winter.

Almost all the problems I've seen are people running animal bio diesel, home brew stuff, straight veggy oil or in engines with incompatible seals.

You see just as many people blaming all their troubles on traditional low sulphur diesel too.
 
I have been running bio-diesel for 6 years now, or since before it was in all the news, whichever way you want to look at it. So far no problems. I run B20, but before my tank gets filled I put in power service arctic express, and power service biocide. No problems in the diesel trucks, tractors, fire starter. I like the stuff. Won’t convince me not to use it because I have been able to document any change in fuel use, the engines run quieter and I believe they start better. But people are also coming out with the pitch forks and torches against ethanol. I’ve been running E10 since the late 90’s because that’s what is at the closest gas station. Contrary to what I’ve been hearing a lot on here I’ve put it in not one but two 3020 Gas tractors and they start and run just fine on it. In fact, the one I put 50 gallons of E85 though just for kicks. Still no problems with it. It’s all these yuppies and no minds that have not been raised with one ounce of their own common sense that are all up in arms because something went wrong with their cute little putt putt and are looking for a scapegoat in my opinion.
 
I may step on a few toes here BUT running bio or soy or what ever call it is OK FOR ENGINES THAT ARE DESINED FOR IT! If you run road diesel in an older engine not made to run it you are going to work on the pump and then the rest of the engine. When all is said and done, it comes down to this simple statement. Run what it was designed to run in fuel and oil. Its just that simple. Bandit
 
With that black smoke you may feel the dollar bills flying out of your wallet.I prefer to tone the accelerator down a little or adjust the implement.The name of the game is profit.
 
Because the sight or a 1566 pulling a lot more chopper than it should and blowing a 40 foot column of dark black smoke into the sky is just awesome!!!!
 
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