Hey guys,
I live in Knoxville, TN where the average lows in the winter is in the 20's. I am planning on running a blend of Biodiesel this winter in my 300 D. I currently have no mods. I was curious if anyone knew anything about a fuel filter heater. Is it effective? Are there any other mods that will be more effective for the cost of the modification?? I am looking at a 12V band heater that just goes around the spin-on filter.

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1984 300D Turbo
1980 300SD Sold
1983 300TD Sold
Dagger 16 ft. Legend Canoe (for the weekends)
Marin Northside Trail Mtn. Bike

Heating is not necessary with what you are describing.

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

iffective but not needed. just get some Power Service in the White bottle. you will only need a few oz. per fill up.

i have only had my fuel gel once in -10 weather. other than that i have had no problems

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-Trevor

OBK #12
1980 300SD 333,XXX miles - Totaled
1986 Mazda RX-7 212,XXX miles - impounded and auctioned off
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited 33,000- SEGR, Provent, Fumoto

What do you do if the fuel does gel up?

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1984 300D Turbo
1980 300SD Sold
1983 300TD Sold
Dagger 16 ft. Legend Canoe (for the weekends)
Marin Northside Trail Mtn. Bike

get the car in a garage that is warmer than the gel point, Power service makes a product called Diesel 911 that suposedly ungels fuels ( i have never used it) or wait for it to warm up where the car is sitting.

there is a chart somewhere that shows the gel points at a certian blend. some one will come up with it and i will continue to search

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It has a higher gel point. B100 (100% biodiesel) gets slushy a little under 32°F. But B20 (20% biodiesel, 80% regular diesel - more commonly available than B100) has a gel point of -15°F. Like regular diesel, the gel point can be lowered further with additives such as kerosene (blended into winter diesel in cold-weather areas).

taken from http://bioblendfuels.com/default.asp

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-Trevor

OBK #12
1980 300SD 333,XXX miles - Totaled
1986 Mazda RX-7 212,XXX miles - impounded and auctioned off
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited 33,000- SEGR, Provent, Fumoto

Have it towed in to a garage, placing salamander kerosene space heaters......one pointed at the front of the car, and one at the rear of your diesel, for a quick defrost.. Done it before......piece of cake.

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

And speaking of kerosene:

5-6 oz per 20 gal. fillup will thin your BioD out nicely for the winter months.

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'79 300SD
'82 Chevy Chevette diesel

You'll be fine as long as you are talking about TRUE BioDiesel, not the WVO or SVO cr@p.