"Know Your Fuels" sticky?

[Badfish740]

Since we seem to get a lot of "Can I burn _____ in my Powerstroke?" questions I propose that we have an alternative fuels sticky that newbies can read in order to familiarize themselves with what you can or cannot, or should or should not pour into your tank.

I'd be more than happy to write something to help clear the confusion about what "red fuel" is and what the possible implications of using it are etc... Plus it would also help to have a biodiesel vs. SVO FAQ of some sort.

[Big Tone]

Originally Posted by Badfish740

Since we seem to get a lot of "Can I burn _____ in my Powerstroke?" questions I propose that we have an alternative fuels sticky that newbies can read in order to familiarize themselves with what you can or cannot, or should or should not pour into your tank.

I'd be more than happy to write something to help clear the confusion about what "red fuel" is and what the possible implications of using it are etc... Plus it would also help to have a biodiesel vs. SVO FAQ of some sort.

if you know about fuel, or related technology, what this I hear about a urea tank on some new diesel equiped cars?

[Badfish740]

You can read more about it here, but the nuts and bolts of it is that urea can be used in a special kind of catalytic converter that injects it into the exhaust stream. The urea combines with the NOx and forms water vapor. The process has a lot of issues though-its a huge infrastructure issue (you'd have to have vehicles built with urea tanks and you'd need to build pumping stations) and the stuff is pretty corrosive, among other things. Personally I think we need to concentrate more on biodiesel and forget this stuff.

[95PDXLT]

yup would help newbies like me lol.

[BigGreen06]

I think it would be a good idea. I'd like to see the differences in the different grades of Bio out there (i.e. B20, B100, Etc.)

-BG06.

[straycat]

Great Idea PM sent.

Gord.

[DocB]

Urea treatment- means we won't have to worry about stopping on long trips anymore.
Ha!

[straycat]

hahaha thats funny.

[NoBrainR]

AFAIK, "Red Fuel" is for off road use only, IOW farm equipment, mine equipment and such. There's no Fuel tax on it, and on OTR rigs, if they dip your tank, even if it's been diluted, it will show up and will result in a healthy fine. The grades are still the same though.