BIO DIESEL * USA - Cold leaves bio-diesel school buses at a standstill
Saint Paul,MN,USA -KSTP/TV -15 Jan 2009: -- Bloomington Public Schools have made the decision to close all their schools for Friday in part due to the cold weather. But it's the because of the fuel that school buses use that's creating the bigger problem.
District officials said they’ve experienced problems with a number of its school buses on Thursday morning because sub-zero temperatures created clogging issues for their bio-diesel fuel systems... Spokesperson Rick Kaufman explained the bio-diesel fuel breaks away in cold temperatures around 10 degrees above zero. This part of the fuel then sinks to the bottom of the fuel tank where the fuel filter is and then clogs the fuel pump, inevitably shutting the vehicle down... Kaufman said stand-by buses also experienced the same fuel system issues Thursday, which led to students having to wait at bus stops in dangerous weather ... The state requires all school buses to use this type of fuel...
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