Quote:Well the E85 ethanol sold at the pumps here in my part of Iowa is only 85% ethanol during the summer months. As the season gets colder, the blend in more dino juice. I guess a high amount of ethanol won't burn right in the winter time.
Do they do anything like that with the bio diesel, or will it run good no matter the temperature?
-Lance
Last fall we our combines were running great on B20 till the first couple nights of frost. The filters on the combines and transfer tank gelled. After the filters were changed it ran fine untill dark........Then same problem. Apparently we were not the only farm affected. Local Coop was pumping underground tanks all over to dilute the mix back down to 5%. Then a month later the Government (Minnesota) lifted the 2% mandate because of a "bad batch" of Bio fuel from one of the 3 manufacturing plants in Minnesota was found not meeting minimum standards ( I live 20 miles from the one rumored to have the problem).
I believe the statement "Biodeisel cleans tanks like ethanol does" to be NOT true..........The stuff we were pumping looked exactly like the last glass of pink Kool-Aid poured from a container that was sitting in the fridge for two weeks.
Maybe it was a fluke? We will be running b-20 this year until mid September, then backing down the brew.
Ethanol has a lower "flash point" than "dino juice" (great term
), I believe this is why your local might not sell it in the winter. It is sold here all year and people use it without problems up here.
I think the engine manufacturers are being cautious in their recommendations, no doubt with some heavy influence from the Dino pumpers (IMO). Up here GM and FORD commercials on TV are REALLY pushing their "Flex Fueled" engines lately.......Its great! Only problem is that its 10 years overdue.......... Hmmmmmmm, wonder why?
