Cummins announced that they are approving B20 use in most of their engines. This is a postive step in making biodiesel an accepted alternative fuel. Hopefully a few more manufacturers will follow their lead.
(VWoA in their popular TDI vehicles currently only approve blends of up to 5% — B5)
Cummins Announces Approval of B20 Biodiesel Blends
LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cummins Inc. (NYSE:CMI - News)
today announced the approval of biodiesel B20 blends for use in its
2002 and later emissions-compliant ISX, ISM, ISL, ISC and ISB engines.
This includes the recently released 2007 products.
Cummins is able to upgrade its previous position on the use of
biodiesel fuel, which limited the use to B5 blends only, up to B20 for
three key reasons. First, the American Society of Testing Materials
specification ASTM D6751 now includes an important stability
specification for B100 biodiesel. Second, the availability of quality
fuels from BQ-9000 Certified Marketers and Accredited Producers is
growing rapidly; and third, Cummins has completed the necessary testing
and evaluations to ensure that customers can reliably operate their
equipment with confidence using B20 fuel.
We invite you to join the discussion of diesel vehicles over in the Biodiesel Vehicles section of our forums.
