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Old 11-28-2010, 02:52 AM   #44 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by euromodder View Post
The only options are another method of clearing the DPF - which isn't easy to implement - or its removal - which is illegal and pumps out soot.
I may not be understanding it correctly, but I thought another advantage of biodiesel was no (or significantly reduced) particulate emissions (or PM), meaning no need to clear a DPF (and no soot to pump out if it were removed)... from http://www.energy.wsu.edu/ftp-ep/pub...bles/Fuels.pdf:
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...diesel fuel sulfur level has been identified as a major contributor to diesel PM emissions.
... and since biodiesel has no sulfur, then there would be little / no soot. True?
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