Re: [Biofuel] Cummins unaware of fuel crisis?

2005-10-13 Thread Mike Weaver
The loss of power is a canard. I've been running 100 and can't really tell the difference. Maybe a tiny drop off in mileage. Brian Rodgers wrote: From: http://www.cummins.com/na/pages/en/customerassistance/faq/answers.cfm?uuid=000947AD-64AE-1B8D-BCF080C4A8F0 I found reference to this on

Re: [Biofuel] Cummins unaware of fuel crisis?

2005-10-13 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Agreed. The only loss of power from B100 that I get it when the filter clogs up from all the gunk it cleaned out of the fuel system, which you can't really blame on the fuel characteristics as much as poor maintenance and dirty diesel fuel previously. On 10/13/05, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Biofuel] Cummins unaware of fuel crisis?

2005-10-13 Thread Mike Weaver
I have only heard anyone complain about this if they are driving a fairly low-powered car to begin with. My Golf, which is fairly hot-rodded, has a ton of power and still gets over 40 in town. I drove from DC to Maine on homebrew b100 and really didn't notice any difference. I did think the

Re: [Biofuel] Cummins unaware of fuel crisis?

2005-10-13 Thread Keith Addison
From: http://www.cummins.com/na/pages/en/customerassistance/faq/answers.cfm? uuid=000947AD-64AE-1B8D-BCF080C4A8F0 I found reference to this on my Peugeot group. The narrow minded diesel car owner (Ugly American) which sent it out more or less says, Lose some power? Hell no, I'll stick with

Re: [Biofuel] Cummins unaware of fuel crisis?

2005-10-12 Thread Brian Rodgers
From: http://www.cummins.com/na/pages/en/customerassistance/faq/answers.cfm?uuid=00094\ 7AD-64AE-1B8D-BCF080C4A8F0 I found reference to this on my Peugeot group. The narrow minded diesel car owner (Ugly American?) which sent it out more or less says, Lose some power? Hell no, I'll stick

[Biofuel] Cummins unaware of fuel crisis?

2005-10-12 Thread Brian Rodgers
From: http://www.cummins.com/na/pages/en/customerassistance/faq/answers.cfm?uuid=000947AD-64AE-1B8D-BCF080C4A8F0 I found reference to this on my Peugeot group. The narrow minded diesel car owner (Ugly American) which sent it out more or less says, Lose some power? Hell no, I'll stick with

Re: [Biofuel] Cummins unaware of fuel crisis?

2005-10-12 Thread Kurt Nolte
>From what I've been able to read both in my campus library and online... it sounds almost like they were getting their test results from a poor batch of the fuel. Maybe a bad commercial mixture? It also sounds like they're doing a great deal of CTA: Covering Their Ass. If something goes wrong