Last week I learned that B-20 biodiesel is being sold near where I live. Today, I filled up. Already my engine is quieter, but I've only driven 8 miles, so I cant comment much on it yet.

How many others here have tried it, and what do you think?

Also, how much are you paying for it? I paid $2.35 a gallon. ....BB

Been running on B20 for a few months now.........didn't notice a difference...but then my fuel system might have been fairly clean to begin with....

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1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

$3.40 / gal for B100 here. I blend with dino or WVO to about B20 - B30. And yes, there's less diesel klatta with bio or WVO added to the fuel. Less smoke too.

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Do you run Power Services, or Red Line? When I run either of those additives my engine runs very quiet and has a little more umph!

Come on...throw in some waste veggie oil and really bring the price down.

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Chapel Hill, NC
1990 300D 285k miles
1993 VW Cabriolet converted to 1.6 TD
1985 VW Westfalia 1.6 TD

Run a gallon of straight VO in a full tank o' diesel for pretty much the same result.

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'85 300D 450k
'93 190E 2.6 170k(killed by tree)
'08 Ducati Hypermotard 1100S 6k
'06 Ducati S2R800 14k(sold)

i like the b20 and it comes with a 45c d-2 premium mix. unfortunately its 65 miles away so we take 2 15 gal carboys along and 78 bucks later we have fuel for a month.

b100 is nice also but that is 80 miles away.

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[1981 300 td tdidi 165500 dark brown/palamino-Brownie-mine-3k miles of ownership
1983 240d 162+++ Anthricite grey w/ henna red interior and hella lights-wifes car-Red

the above two cars are for sale
and can be seen on the cars for sale thread here. pix also available.


240d-144+ Manilla Yellow w/ palmino interior-greasecar kit-Blondie-the college kids car

23" gt 21 speed still on original tires-still got the nubs
21" khs tandem

Not running anything else at all right now.....I do need to pick something up however...just B20 at the time being.....Just filled up my W116 tonight with B20 again.....dosed it good with Biobor before it was parked for the winter. Still need to do the IP timing on it....I figured out the power loss problem the night of the first snow....which is when it gets parked for winter. SOme of you guys are going to be foaming at the mouth when I tell you I paid $2.28 9/10 per gallon for B20 tonight.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

I love BD, though it is $3.60 a gallon here
if the rain ever quits I am going to finish that conversion for veg...
One thing I noticed is my braided injector overflow fuel lines are weeping already from BD breakdown...keep an eye on 'em

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300CD '80 (now gone but not forgotten...)

Good to see the biodiesel subsidy at work. Should get bioD down to just above diesel prices. Now get on the horn and tell your federal legislators to extend it past 2006!!

You should elaborate more about a 2006 extension, because I for one am unaware of what you are talking about?

yeah well 2.46 is close. it was 2.28 before the last price spike.

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currently
[1981 300 td tdidi 165500 dark brown/palamino-Brownie-mine-3k miles of ownership
1983 240d 162+++ Anthricite grey w/ henna red interior and hella lights-wifes car-Red

the above two cars are for sale
and can be seen on the cars for sale thread here. pix also available.


240d-144+ Manilla Yellow w/ palmino interior-greasecar kit-Blondie-the college kids car

23" gt 21 speed still on original tires-still got the nubs
21" khs tandem

Right now, the B100 I buy is $2.25/gal, petro diesel is $2.29 gallon. Guess what I'm running!

If I had a place to make bio, it would be about $1/gal, then the only reason I'd buy D2 is for B100 winterizer.

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1984 300D Turbo - 4-speed manual conversion, mid-level resto

1983 300D - parts car

1979 300TD Auto - Parts car.

1985 300D Auto - Wrecked/Parts.


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"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there". Lewis Carrol

sure must be nice living in a state that has a bio d plant within its borders and politicians who know what the problem is and a way to fix it. wisc. just blames the problem on drivers from ill. and then bury their heads in their....ahem.

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currently
[1981 300 td tdidi 165500 dark brown/palamino-Brownie-mine-3k miles of ownership
1983 240d 162+++ Anthricite grey w/ henna red interior and hella lights-wifes car-Red

the above two cars are for sale
and can be seen on the cars for sale thread here. pix also available.


240d-144+ Manilla Yellow w/ palmino interior-greasecar kit-Blondie-the college kids car

23" gt 21 speed still on original tires-still got the nubs
21" khs tandem

We may have a plant here (RMBD), but their output is tied up with Agland. The BD I get is from one of the co-op members who makes a LOT of excellent fuel and trades me for mechanic work. Comes to $2.25/gallon when trade is done.

His fuel is on par with Blue Sun. That is from various tests I've done. It does have a slightly higher gel temp than BS since it's from WVO, but that's more than compensated for with D2 blending.

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1984 300D Turbo - 4-speed manual conversion, mid-level resto

1983 300D - parts car

1979 300TD Auto - Parts car.

1985 300D Auto - Wrecked/Parts.


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"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there". Lewis Carrol