Getting back to Blogging

Well, sorry. A lot was happening. New Baby (Yeah!) new jobs and bunches of projects. Our biofuel (wvo) heating project is continuing to save money in several test houses. In our humble abode...about $500 savings in 2007 calender year...more expected this year with the colder winter and higher fuel costs.

On the Jeep side, important news. I spearheaded an attempt at a recall on the fuel filter assembly. The fuel heater (mostly un-needed) element projects into the uper housing which, due to the all-vacuum (no lift pump) nature of the fuel system, often contains air. This can over-heat, burn out and cause an air-leak. If you have a CRD Libby, take a look for upper plugs and leaks. Pumping the primer will often squirt out fuel, even faster if the element wire plug is pulled out. Bad News! Extra air in the system is the least of the problems (and it is a big problem). Leaking ful could potentially start a fire, and there is one possible case. If you have a Libby CRD, you probably already know to go to http://www.lostkjs.com/, check under the CRD section for more info. The NTSB gave it a pass, but that doesn't mean much, they usually don't do much until someone dies. So, unplug those fuel heaters! Note: this is not a biodiesel issue.

On fuel pricing, Diesel at the pump has actually passed the price of biodiesel being deliverd to my house by $0.30 . So now there are even less reasons to not love biodiesel!