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 New 2011 GM Duramax Diesel Engine Certified for B20 Biodiesel Fuel

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PostSubject: New 2011 GM Duramax Diesel Engine Certified for B20 Biodiesel Fuel   New 2011 GM Duramax Diesel Engine Certified for B20 Biodiesel Fuel EmptyFebruary 8th 2010, 9:49 am

GM's new 6.6-liter "LML" Duramax V-8 turbodiesel for its 2011 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra Heavy Duty pickups will be capable of burning B20 biodiesel fuel, according to a GM press release issued early Monday.

B20 is a blend of 80 percent conventional ultra-low-sulfur diesel and 20 percent biodiesel.

“The 2007 federal energy bill mandates increased biodiesel production and more states and municipalities are requiring it,” said Mike Robinson, vice president, Environment, Energy and Safety Policy. “Biodiesel production is growing and GM is excited and ready to satisfy demand with our new B20 capable Duramax 6.6-liter engine.”

We first reported about the B20 capability of the LML Duramax in August last year. That's up from a B5 biodiesel rating in the current "LMM" Duramax.

Both the 2011 Ford Super Duty (with all-new 6.7-liter Power Stroke V-Cool and 2010 Ram Heavy Duty (with 6.7-liter Cummins inline-six cylinder) are also able to burn up to B20 biodiesel, though Cummins approves the use of B20 in Ram trucks for municipal, government, and commercial fleets only.

“We made a lot of enhancements to make sure the new Duramax is robust with biodiesel,” Duramax chief engineer Gary Arvan said. “The engine uses our latest-generation fuel filter that includes a coalescing filter to trap any water that could be present in the fuel. The downstream injector [behind the exhaust] for diesel particulate filter regeneration means we also won’t have a worry of oil dilution with B20 fuel from in-engine post injection [like is used on the LMM diesel]. There’s also additional heating to the fuel circuit so the filter won’t get plugged from old [B20] fuel gelling or waxing.”

http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2010/02/new-gm-duramax-diesel-certified-for-b20-biodiesel-for-2011.html
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PostSubject: Re: New 2011 GM Duramax Diesel Engine Certified for B20 Biodiesel Fuel   New 2011 GM Duramax Diesel Engine Certified for B20 Biodiesel Fuel EmptyFebruary 8th 2010, 2:44 pm

they should go back to the old IDIs like mine. I can burn just about anything in that ole truck for fuel. Diesel, bio, ATF, WVO, VO, WMO, and probly other stuff lol
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PostSubject: Re: New 2011 GM Duramax Diesel Engine Certified for B20 Biodiesel Fuel   New 2011 GM Duramax Diesel Engine Certified for B20 Biodiesel Fuel EmptyFebruary 8th 2010, 5:31 pm

please tell me ATF in your post doesn't stand for auto. trans. fluid..
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PostSubject: Re: New 2011 GM Duramax Diesel Engine Certified for B20 Biodiesel Fuel   New 2011 GM Duramax Diesel Engine Certified for B20 Biodiesel Fuel EmptyFebruary 8th 2010, 5:34 pm

and you forgot kero!
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PostSubject: Re: New 2011 GM Duramax Diesel Engine Certified for B20 Biodiesel Fuel   New 2011 GM Duramax Diesel Engine Certified for B20 Biodiesel Fuel EmptyFebruary 8th 2010, 6:50 pm

yea ATF stands for auto tranny fluid. ya kero works too lol

aside from staining everything red, i see no problems using ATF.
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PostSubject: Re: New 2011 GM Duramax Diesel Engine Certified for B20 Biodiesel Fuel   New 2011 GM Duramax Diesel Engine Certified for B20 Biodiesel Fuel EmptyFebruary 9th 2010, 1:06 am

wow.. i wish i still knew someone with a diesel so i could dump my milk jugs of old ATF in their gas tank lmao
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PostSubject: Re: New 2011 GM Duramax Diesel Engine Certified for B20 Biodiesel Fuel   New 2011 GM Duramax Diesel Engine Certified for B20 Biodiesel Fuel EmptyFebruary 9th 2010, 12:17 pm

Laughing And another reason why I miss my 85', free fuel! Just got to run it through a filter first and voila'.
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i bet it's pollutant as all hell though.. lol
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Its not too bad. IDI Engines run such a high compression ratio and such a high temperature, it burns it all. Here is an article about a 7.3L powerstroke that runs used atf as fuel;

http://www.dieselpowermag.com/tech/ford/0901dp_automatic_transmission_fluid_fuel/index.html
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PostSubject: Re: New 2011 GM Duramax Diesel Engine Certified for B20 Biodiesel Fuel   New 2011 GM Duramax Diesel Engine Certified for B20 Biodiesel Fuel EmptyFebruary 11th 2010, 9:53 am

This emissions suff is for the birds. My 6.5 and Cummins I could put anything in there and didn't have to worry about it.
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