Smike

Trying to avoid Bio-diesel at all cost for 2014 E-250.

Plutoe

I would search ULSD in the state or states you reside---It's all over Florida-----no where to be found in N CA

larrypmyers

By federal law, every gallon of diesel fuel sold for highway use in the US is ultra low sulfur.

Bio-diesel is a separate issue. Usually identified by a placard on the pump.

Currently, M-B Bluetec engines are qualified for up to 5% bio-diesel.

rapidoxidation

What Larry said. Unless it is For OffRoad Use Only (which is dyed red and good luck to you if you get tagged with it in your tank) the diesel fuel in the USA for highway use is ULSD. If it has bio content it is clearly labeled as such, and there's very likely another pump handle close by that is dino fuel. Unless you're in a corn producing state where the farmer's lobby has pushed bio into damn near everything.

GoodByeHonda

You should actually go and check with the manager or even attendant for what the exact bio diesel content was for the last delivery they had. They keep all their paperwork...
my nearest gas station doesn't have any signs of the % bio content. As it turns out, it's B10.

kajtek1

In CA some stations will display "might contain up to 5% biodiesel" which I believe is state standard.
Truck stops clearly mark the B20 they sell.
All is low sulfur.

larrypmyers

When ultra low sulfur diesel became mandatory there were several exemptions; locomotives, off road construction equipment and farm equipment. Eventually these exemptions were eliminated.

Two years ago my wife and I were traveling to Seattle via Amtrak. At a stop when getting off the train to stretch my legs noticed a fuel truck next to the locomotive. Curious, I approached the truck which indeed was fueling the locomotive. And it had an ULSD placard on the tank.

Diesel fuel dyed red indicates, " for off road use only." Which also means no road tax paid. As rapidoxidation stated above, don't get caught with red dyed fuel in your BluTec tank. If so, be prepared to pay a very big fine.

kajtek1

The only time I heard about checking for the red fuel is when farmers deliver their products to the distributors and wait in long line

larrypmyers

Ahh lol, kajtek. Another feeble attempt at humor on my part. My gut feel is, never has a BluTek fuel tank been checked for dyed fuel.

As you posted, enforcement is primarily targeted at ag/cattle haulers as their most likely to have access to non-taxed fuel.

Occasionally officials will conduct a check on general freight haulers at weigh stations/ports-of-entry.