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Old 7th June 2008, 07:51 PM
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Re: common rail and biodiesel
I ran my common rail pug on B100 for four years until materials (pump seals, fuel filter, lines) gave way. Its timing was not brilliant as its was tuned for mineral but it went fine. Back on B20 and its running better than ever.

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Originally Posted by silverfox View Post
That means that it is only slightly thicker than fossil and should be OK in common rail fuel managed systems.
As I said before my Disco has done 90,000 kms on biodiesel (total 115,000 kms), is easy to start hot or cold and runs really smooth.

My friend who is a diesel fuel system/injector maintainer says that those who do not refine their biodiesel properly and run it in common rail engines "can" have trouble down the track.
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