Bangkok Post, Breaking News, Friday 15-02-2008

PTT pumps to make full switch to B5 by July

By Yuthana Praiwan

PTT Plc plans to replace B2 biodiesel, a blend of 2 per cent biofuel and 98 per cent high-speed diesel, with the cleaner B5 biodiesel at stations nationwide by July. Since the beginning of the month, the Energy Ministry has directed local oil traders to replace high-speed diesel with B2 biodiesel.

Chaiwat Choorit, a PTT senior executive vice-president for the oil business unit, said its biodiesel arm, Thai Oleo Chemicals (TOL), had succeeded in securing new sources of palm oil through long-term purchase contracts.

"We are confident that we will have enough raw materials to support our plan to aggressively market the cleaner diesel," he said.

"PTT will be the country's leader for alternative fuel since we are also the leader in E20, a mixture of 20 per cent ethanol in premium petrol."

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In my case, i have an Isuzu Highlander DMax 3.0

marshbags

P.S.

Not sure if this is better served in this forum as against the motoring section ???

Edited February 15, 200818 yr by Reimar
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Don't know why they wouldn't supply 100% biodiesel as any vehicle would run fine on it. Only in the winter would you have any problems with bio and that can be solved with heaters for the fuel.

Don't know why they wouldn't supply 100% biodiesel as any vehicle would run fine on it. Only in the winter would you have any problems with bio and that can be solved with heaters for the fuel.

I have a 7 year old Nissan Frontier, 2.7ltr, not turbo, just a base engine. 2 Nissan garages have advised me not to use bio fuel. Thailand is my first experience with diesel, so I don't know much about diesel engines.

Don't know why they wouldn't supply 100% biodiesel as any vehicle would run fine on it. Only in the winter would you have any problems with bio and that can be solved with heaters for the fuel.

This is a Thailand forum, isn't it?

Seriously, isn't there some issue with rubber hoses on older trucks with biodiesel. Saw a show on Discovery Channel last week (Dirty Jobs- Biodiesel Man)

TH

Edited February 15, 200818 yr by thaihome

I ran a vehicle for nine months last year on B100 made from chicken fat recovered from five star chicken stalls.

No problems at all - unless the "chicken and chips" smell from the exhaust gets to you.

No fuel filter problems, no eroded hoses, no fuel pump or injector problems.

Good fuel - bio diesel.

Unfortunately the price of old cooking oils has made the project un-viable & we dis-continued making bio.

These days we mainly fill our personal vehicle at Bangjak service stations which is B5 & we have had no problems whatsoever with a commonrail 3.0 Turbo engine.

That said - check with your vehicle manufacturer first.

Cheers,

Soundman.