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Someone mentioned Toyota has the cleanest diesels to date (http://www.automobilemag.com/auto_shows/paris_2004/0411_toyota_d4d/). My guess is:

yes, it's the cleanest diesel for now
yes, it's clean enough for the EU
No, it's not clean enough for the EPA
Honda is shooting higherAny thoughts?

My first thought is wondering if it can be converted to use biodiesel.:)

My first thought is wondering if it can be converted to use biodiesel.:)

My understanding is any diesel can run biodiesel.

That would be fantastic. Now imagine a hybrid biodiesel.

Dodge made a fullsize hybrid biodiesel back in 2000.

Of coarse they never did anything with it.

Hi Chuck:

___The D4D is the cleanest available in Europe but is not even close to meeting Tier II/Bin5 let alone nowhere close to what MB, Ford, or Honda have done in their labs. Some of the European manufacturers aged the D4D’s CAT out to 18,000 miles and it fell from Euro V back to Euro IV. Euro IV is a stinkin mess by comparison to what we are used to. The upcoming Euro V emissions std. is not 2007 - US compliant either :(

___Good Luck

___Wayne

My first thought is wondering if it can be converted to use biodiesel.:)
People get confused between SVO (veggie oil) and BioDiesel. I suffered the same confusion when I first heard about diesels running on french fry grease which I incorrectly assumed was "biodiesel". Biodiesel made from veggie oil (or animal fat) and can be run in any diesel engine. If you want to run SVO directly (without first converting to biodiesel) you must start with an older vehicle and then modify it to include 2 tanks or a preheat system.

Read all about it here:

http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html