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Originally Posted by UFO
I've run a 2005 "Cherokee" CRD for 50,000 miles on B100 and blends down to B20. I've, nor has anyone else I know, had such pump failures with the possible exception of the new VW common rail TDIs -- those are apparently failing because of the lack of lubricity in the pump diesel; no one running biodiesel blends has had a pump failure.
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Biodiesel is a better lubricant for the fuel pump than regular de-sulphured diesel.
It's one of the advantages of using blended diesel (B5 at the moment in the EU) over straight fossil diesel.