Oct-10-2015 07:44 PM
Oct-12-2015 03:40 PM
Oct-12-2015 09:29 AM
mkirsch wrote:
The fuel was diluted by whatever was in your tank and whatever you filled up with afterward, so it really was never B20 to begin with.
Properly processed, biodiesel is every bit as good as regular diesel. Same BTUs, more cetane, and better lubricity.
Whatever you've "seen" done to injectors with B100 had to be someone trying to hog waste vegetable oil through their truck. There is a difference.
Oct-12-2015 08:30 AM
Oct-12-2015 07:31 AM
Oct-11-2015 09:47 PM
ktmrfs wrote:Turtle n Peeps wrote:
It's ok as long as you don't make a habit out of it. Design limits are there for a reason and your truck was not designed for B20.
You will lose mileage and performance out of B20 and you will loose a whole bunch more with B100. I've seen what B100 can do to injectors over a long period of time and it's not good.
B20 has a BTU/gallon very close to #2 diesel, unlike ethanol fuel and it usually has a higher cetane rating. my 2015 is rated for b20 and my experiece is it has NO effect on mileage. In fact the best mileage I got so far with my 2015 duramax is 24.5mpg running B20, and that was for a 750 mile trip over the continental divide and two other mtn passes. And, yes that was had calculated. I still had 5 gallons in th tank when I filled up.
But yes, the 2004 is only rated for B5, although I have run B20 in it on occasion with no ill effects.
Oct-11-2015 07:58 PM
Oct-11-2015 07:51 PM
Turtle n Peeps wrote:
It's ok as long as you don't make a habit out of it. Design limits are there for a reason and your truck was not designed for B20.
You will lose mileage and performance out of B20 and you will loose a whole bunch more with B100. I've seen what B100 can do to injectors over a long period of time and it's not good.
Oct-10-2015 11:07 PM
Oct-10-2015 09:30 PM
Oct-10-2015 07:51 PM