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From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 15 Feb 2007 13:35
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Bob Smith" <bob(a)nospamplease>
saying something like:

>Those rubber seals and tubes are the same ones that dry out and break down
>when low and ultra low sulphur diesel is used, so hopefully the cars that
>would have a problem with BD will have already been culled or refitted by
>now.
>
>Not sure why Ford say 5% max - if the engine runs on ULSD, it should run on
>pure BD. Probably don't want to spend any money testing, but the French
>have been running on 5% BD for a while now, so have tested that mix for
>them.

Also the Germans; they've been using various blends of BD for years and
many older Mercs and VWs are quite happy running on it and vegoil.
--

Dave
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