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Originally Posted by d23haynes57
Yes, BioBlend is still ULSD and it is all that available in most locations.
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Is Bioblend B20 different than just B20? From my understanding B20 is
not ULSD and does not meet the ASTM D975 standard, and is not recommended by certain engine manufacturers. Mercedes (certain years) and the OPs manufacturer specifically says to use only ULSD (B5) and to avoid B20 which is not labeled ULSD.
All ULSD has the green ULSD"up to 5% biodiesel" pump label while B-20 does not qualify for the ULSD label. In other words, while the 80% part is made up of ULSD, the B20 mix is not identified as a ULSD fuel and doesn't meet ASTM D975 which is a requirement in order to be labeled as ULSD and is not recommended by the aforementioned manufacturers (for certain years).
Renewables such as R-99 and R-95
do meet ASTM D975 and
are identified as ULSD.
I haven't heard the term Bioblend so asking if it is just another name for B20 or R-99/95, or something totally different? If it's just plain B20 than no, it's not the same as the B5 ULSD sold most places, it won't have the green ULSD pump label and is
not recommended by the OP's manufacturer..
We did a lot of research on this at the Sprinter forum a couple of years ago including Zoom calls with 2 refinery engineers. The term Bioblend never came up.