bio fuel

[westham]

Does any one know if the use of bio diesel can have any detrimental effect on your engine, with the cost of fuel saving 4 or 5 cents a litre makes sense but not at the cost of a f@#* engine.

[DX grunt]

Great question. Quite often I've thought, "Will I, or won't I", and erred on the side of caution and kept driving. I'm not going to risk my 4.2 TDi.

[the ferret]

My mate makes his own at around 25c / L, runs his discovery on it, no probs for 2 years.
Some say that it can cause problems with "0" rings and seals in the fuel system but I have seen no proof of this.

[Col.T]

Westy
Bio dies has gone out of flavour in Adelaide but I used it for a while when it was available.
Only thing they said was after a tank full,change your fuel filter because the bio loosened up crap which loaded up the filter.Not sure how that worked but I did the change and never had any probs with the '89 td42. Performance and economy didn't change noticeably
Col