[Vwdiesel] Biodiesel Questions

[Will Taygan]

I've had peanut-based biodiesel gel at +50F, my canola biodiesel is
starting to gel at +20F.  Stick it in the freezer with a thermometer to
test yours.

It got down to +16F last week.  One of my fuel filters has plugged with
the cold weather, but the other one is doing fine..  I was running B100
all summer, but I've stopped putting bio in for the winter.  No bio for
me after the first frost.

#1 Diesel is probably your best and most cost-effective cold-flow
improver.  

I will, however, keep running heated SVO in the 2nd tank all winter,
parked outside in -25F.  (91 Jetta, 94 Jetta, 81 Pickup)

Will
Chugiak, Alaska.


and On Sun, 2008-10-12 at 08:30 -0500, Photo Bug wrote:
> I'm new at biodiesel but not new to diesels.  Yesterday, with a fellow teacher we put our first batch of biodiesel in my '03 VW Jetta.  It purrrs fine! (So does my billfold! )  Question 1: What temperature will the biodiesel start to gell?  Question 2: What can we do about that?  Will petro-based diesel additives like Siloo and Diesel Heet work?  Thanks for any and all advice!
> Best regards,
> Tom Norris
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