F250: Running on vegetable oil and/or biodiesel + gen'l questions

"SWMSGoodman" wrote

Since you addressed a public forum, I prefer to answer that way too. The Biodiesel Standard is ASTM D 6751 For regular Diesel fuel, the ASTM standard is ASTM D 975. All engine and fuel injection manufacturers design their engines around ASTM D 975 (Regular Diesel ) In December of 2001, ASTM approved the standard for biodiesel, with the new designation of D-6751. This standard covers pure biodiesel (B100), for blending with petrodiesel in levels only up to 20% by volume. Higher levels of biodiesel (more then 20%) are allowed only on a case-by-case basis after discussion with the individual engine company.

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||Since you addressed a public forum, I prefer to answer that way too.

Good for you! Private response requests seem selfish to me, and are contrary to the spirit that makes newsgroups work. Texas Parts Guy

You seem to know a good bit about the specifics of this...

I also have an F250 Powerstroke and have wondered about running biodeisel in it.

Does what you wrote Mike imply that it is OK to add vegetable oil to the tank without modifications to the engine as long as the ratio is less than

Thanks, John

"johnH" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

I wouldn`t quote me but, I have been reading some articles on just that. using used fry oil and high oil percent fuel with out any mods necessary. Try googleing the farm mags for the articles. KB