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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Diesels seem attractive to me not just due to the high MPG, but also due to the adaptability to alternative fuels. That's actually the main reason leading me towards Diesel engines  |
That's for old-skool diesels.
The very delicate current
"high efficiency" crop can't handle alternative diesel-like fuels anymore.
Heck, mine has trouble with the mere 5% bio-diesel in our regular diesel ...
Especially the after-treatment systems are trouble-prone.
Today's injectors will have trouble with even the smallest impurities in the fuel.
So will the high pressure pumps.
How many common-rail diesels do you know that run veggie oils ?
How many of those have a diesel particulate filter ? - not that these do any good, on the contrary, but they're mandatory regardless.