This news article was originally written in Spanish. It has been automatically translated for your convenience. Reasonable efforts have been made to provide an accurate translation, however, no automated translation is perfect nor is it intended to replace a human translator. The original article in Spanish can be viewed at Los tractores Valtra con Common Rail admiten un 20 por ciento de biodiésel
Valtra with Common Rail tractors allowed a 20 per cent of biodiesel
16/01/2007
Sisu Diesel engine manufacturer continues to make tests with biodiesel fuel. If the results of these are favorable, it is possible that higher concentrations of biodiesel can be used in the future. The previous limit for engines with Common Rail was a mixture of a 5 per cent biodiesel and 95 per cent of normal diesel. Engines of Valtra, company of more than 2,400 workers which it develops, manufactures and distributes approximately 18,000 tractors per year globally, now support up to 20 percent of biodiesel.
Provided that use of Biodiesel blends over the 5 percent, the engine oil, the oil filter and fuel filter should be changed twice times than in normal periods of maintenance.
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