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Old 06-12-2012, 06:33 PM   #46 (permalink)
Allch Chcar
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It's only for the first time a vehicle is run on Ethanol, the fuel filter can clog from the decade or more of Gasoline residue left in the system being suddenly flushed out. The same thing happens for biodiesel. I actually saw it happen on a tv show about alt fuels. A woman had a S-10 with a turbine engine from an old helicopter in it, so it ran on diesel. They put biodiesel in it and it died on the highway during a road trip. They changed the fuel filter, even said they expected this to happen within the first few hundred miles. Ran fine after that.
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