Hi people today my 06 crd was fueled up with biodiesel by mistake it was from a gull service station and i recon its 20% bio. should i drain the tank or would it be ok to use it and then go back to the normal fuel. would appreciate your thoughts thanks
When I lived in Adelaide in 2003-4 my local SAFF (South Australian Farmers Federation) servo sold B100 and I ran my 2.5 CRD on that almost exclusively without any problems - apart from having to change the fuel filter because it filled up with all the gunk from mineral diesel that the biodiesel flushed out of the system.
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As Pipes said - keep an eye on your fuel filter, and get a spare in ready to change. The bio will do no harm to your engine, but it will thoroughly clean out the gunk from the fuel system.
Today i contacted gull and chrysler head offices both indicated that 1 fill up should not be a problem. Gull told me that there blend is 10% and they have never had any known problems with engines using there blended product. Further detective work would make me think that most oil companies add some bio to there diesel up to about 3 or 4 % they can do this as it is in the australian standards. I was hoping some one who reads these threads may of mistakingly filled up with the wrong diesel but it seems i'm the only clown that drives a diesel jeep thanks for the replies Gary
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