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cdru
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Jul 02, 2014

10% biodiesel in Minnesota

Minnesota has mandated 10% biodiesel. How is that going to affect the engines? It will go to 20% later on. cdru

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  • I am in the petroleum business and know that in New York State, fuel distributors can add up to 5 percent bio diesel to conventional ultra low sulfur diesel without even posting it at retail sites. There is no bio diesel mandate yet in NYS but any bio diesel added does provide a tax break to distributors that they likely do not pass on to retailers.
    I am confident that today's bio diesel blends are for the most part safe to run in any late model engine.
  • Thanks for the heads up. I am taking a trip to Wisconsin next month. I will be sure to truck across MN without topping off.
  • I've run B100 with no issues, short of harder cold weather starts, and don't foresee that being an issue going from the current 5% to 10%.
  • I haven't had any issues on my Cat 3126E. Sometimes the pumps will say between 10-20 percent so not sure how much at times. I do have my coach serviced on schedule.
  • We have had 10% on the west coast for a very long time no problems on my rig at any rate.