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Old 04-15-2021, 05:07 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Enough bio diesel can never be made to replace regular diesel.
If you had your diesel full of 20% bio diesel when the big Texas freeze hit you would be totally screwed. You would need an artic style fuel heater system or your diesel is dead.
Absolutely avoid bio diesel inn the winter.

You can ome should delete those stupid and nearly pointless DEF systems.
If you live around Austin some crack head may delete the diesel particulate filter for you while you are sleeping one night. It's an elaborate scheme to burn a bunch more fuel to lower NOx, so if smog isn't a problem where you are delete it. It reduces soot but now all the soot it does produce is 2.5 nanometers and smaller so it's exceptionally bad for you, it's like bio weaponized diesel soot. At least those arse holes who "roll coal" are making diesel particulate matter that you can see, smell and your body's defenses can react to.
If you can do maths you can make your own DEF from urea. But I would bust out the sawsall and programmer.
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