Hi Doug, You're probably right about the lawn mower / lawn tractor engines may not be fussy about Biodiesel mixed in the gas. Now as to a car engine, that's a different story. In June of this year, I posed a question about "Biodiesel in gasoline engines". I received a reply from list member JC in Taipei. He advised me that he had mixed BD with gasoline for his car, using no more than a 15% mix. I have had sucess following his example & had no engine problems. One of the three vehicles I tested this in is a Chrysler Town & Country mini van with a 3.3 L V-6 Flex Fuel Engine, the other two are Jeep Grand Cherokees with 4.0 L I-6 engines. Even though the van can run on E-85, I do not use ethanol blends because of the following: 1.) When E-85 fuel is used, DaimlerChrysler states that a special type of motor oil MUST used or else excessive engine wear will occur. 2.) ( The most important one ) At present, E-85 is not available in my home state of Georgia, that I am aware of. Perhaps this may change soon. Respectfully, Gregg Davidson
John Mullan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Doug. Just a quick note to say "Hi" from Niagara Falls. You are the closest Canadian I've "met" on the lists. Cheers. John Mullan Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 8, 2004 10:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Biofuel] HELP My guess is that lawn mower and lawn tractor engines are fairly low compression and not fussy about fuel. I would not try any amount of biodiesel in a high performance gasoline engine like a car engine, For gasoline engines I would think that ethanol blends with gasoline are much to be preferred. The fuel requirements of spark-ignition gasoline, and diesel engines, are entirely different. Doug Woodard St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Gregg Davidson wrote: > Hi Steve, > > While you can't use 100% Biodiesel in a gasoline engine, you can mix it up to a maximum of 15% with the gas. It works great in lawn mower / lawn tractor engines as well. Same maximum percentage. > > Sincerely > Gregg Davidson _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today! _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
