I've now been running for about 2 weeks (1500 miles) on 50/50 straight veg oil and diesel in my 940 24TD. This morning it was a bit hard to start (at 5AM), it would fire on the 1st stroke and would then die within a few seconds. This happened about 5 times before it ran smoothly. This was the first morning I've had to scrape ice off the windshield though.
I'm still waiting for my Elsbett single tank kit to arrive from Germany, which should allow me to run on 100% veg oil, unless the temps get down to well below zero in which case they recomend going back to 50/50.
Other than this morning I haven't had any other problems yet and as for long-term damage only time will tell, but I'm willing to risk it.
regards
TFB
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