Hi guys, I am writing from Italy. I own a Land Rover Defender Td5 and the biodiesel topic has always interested me. By chance going to the library I found a book on biodiesel which said that potentially every newly diesel car might run with biodiesel alone or blended with petrodiesel in any proportions. Infact biodiesel is made to be used in standard diesel engines.
After reading a bit on the internet I found out two things:
1) in Italy (which by the way is one of Europe's leading manufacturers) biodiesel is not sold by any street pump but only by manufacturers that come and fill your big tank (which a private user does not have). To buy biodiesel at the fuel pump the nearest place is in Switzerland, where I often go.
2) Land Rover says nothing about using biodiesel but looking on the internet is said to be harmful to the fuel pump and injectors and will absolutely not recommended to use. But, forgive me the question, but how is it that can be so damaging if it is produced according to standards to have similar characteristics to petrodiesel. Moreoverthen, on my car, with an engine concept not so recent and accurate.
I would like your opinion. Experience and advice about the use of biodiesel, alone or bleand, in my Land Rover Defender Td5.
After reading a bit on the internet I found out two things:
1) in Italy (which by the way is one of Europe's leading manufacturers) biodiesel is not sold by any street pump but only by manufacturers that come and fill your big tank (which a private user does not have). To buy biodiesel at the fuel pump the nearest place is in Switzerland, where I often go.
2) Land Rover says nothing about using biodiesel but looking on the internet is said to be harmful to the fuel pump and injectors and will absolutely not recommended to use. But, forgive me the question, but how is it that can be so damaging if it is produced according to standards to have similar characteristics to petrodiesel. Moreoverthen, on my car, with an engine concept not so recent and accurate.
I would like your opinion. Experience and advice about the use of biodiesel, alone or bleand, in my Land Rover Defender Td5.