<x-charset ISO-8859-1>Biodiesel naturally absorbs some water, hence the cloudiness after a wash.
The wash test recommended is simply to determine whether your fuel is of reasonable enough standard as to put in a tank. You don't do that until the fuel has clarified. That can be done either with time and gravity or heat and gravity. Trying to boil the water off is a waste of energy. Todd Swearingen ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Biodiesel Quality? > Hi again, > > Another dumb question. Is this heating a needed step and if it is how long > should it be heated for? > There's no need to heat the finished fuel to this high of a temp to dry it. > Approximately 120*F (~46*C) is more than sufficient to get any microscopic > water to settle out before putting the fuel in the tank. > > If it seperates like you say I am good to go before heating or after? > > Thanks again > > Rick M > Brownstown, Mi > > > The simplest home test for fuel acceptability is to put equal parts fuel and > water in a closed container and agitate radically for a few seconds. If the > fuel and water separate immediately with no emulsion other than a thin > interface film you're good to go. > > Todd Swearingen > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ </x-charset>
