Really cold weather blended BioD performance??

[al3]

Wanted to ask this before all the warm weather makes Jan a pleasant memory….

Any first hand experience with blended Bio D and real cold weather? We saw 45 below air temps on more than a few days this winter. It usually warmed up to 5 below or so before I had to go out and remove snow. My garage is unheated, so it’s likely that the fuel will be pretty close to the air temp.

I just converted from gas to diesel. Stopped at local fuel distributor (NE Minn) today who informed me they’ll be switching to a blended bio mix this “summer”. When I asked him the question about –45 cold soaking, didn’t have an answer.

I went back and read the past posts on the subject, and noticed that a lot of the folks using bio said they didn’t use it when cold. Also followed the links to the Bio site, read the info on blended, particularly the part about higher gelling points………

Anyone successfully using the blended stuff way below zero? If so, what was your additive mix and how cold did it go? Tks.

 

[MikePA]

Click ----> Here for a report from the Biodiesel site that has data from a number of northern states. It also mentions that standard additives can be used.

 

[al3]

Thanks for the link---I've visited it before. Interesting that the fellow from Ft McCoy added the note about wind chill and the Bio folks passed it along.
As they say, "3 below aint nothin". Still would like to hear from any independents that ran a 10 or 20 percent bio mix and had their machinery cold soak at 30 to 40 below.

 

[BarryinMN]

I heard a Chevron guru say soy bio has a lower pour point than standard #2. We get our diesel from Koch refinery in Hastings & once they switch there's no going back. MN state mandate for bio. Biggest issue from Chevron is going to be filter plugging as bio naturally cleans out old systems putting black "goo" into filters.