I've used biodiesel for awhile. It's great...and, yes, it will eat paint,
etc.

Once it gets dirty, you can simply "wash" it in water. That will pull out
many (if not all) of the impurities. The water will just settle to the
bottom, so you need some way to drain the water.

-Jon

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006, Zeitgeist wrote:

> I'm sort of a flesh-eating ECO FREAK, but I've been toying with the idea of
> using B100 (biodiesel) in my 20gal tank.  Not sure how well it would hold up
> over time, though.  Great solvent properties while it's fresh--peels paint!
>
> Casey
> Olympia, WA
> Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative state"
> '87 300TD intercooler #22 (215k)
> '84 300D (213k)
> Gashuffer:
> '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (187K)
> http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Misc/IMG_0171.JPG
>