7-MAINTENANCE
NOTICE:Anyproblemintheenginefuelinjectionequip-
mentassociatedwithnon-compliancetothefollowing
conditionsforbiodieselfuelhandlingandmaintenance
willnotbecoveredforWarrantybyCASECONSTRUC-
TION.
Purchasebiodieselfuelfromatrustedsupplierwho
understandstheproductandmaintainsacceptable
fuelquality.Itishighlyrecommendedthatyouuse
biodieselfromBQ9000accreditedsupplierstomaintain
thequalityandconsistencyofthefuel.TheBQ9000
QualityManagementProgramisaccreditedbytheNa-
tionalBiodieselBoardforproducersandmarketersof
biodieselfuel.SeetheNationalBiodieselBoardwebsite
atwww.biodiesel.orgformoreinformation.
TheuseofbiodieselblendsaboveB7throughB20will
notvoidtheCASECONSTRUCTIONwarrantyaslong
asthefollowingconditionsforbiodieselfuelhandlingand
maintenancearestringentlyfollowed:
Biodieselfuelmustbepre-blendedbythesupplier.Mixing
biodieselfuelson-sitecanresultinanincorrectmixture
thatcoulddamagetheengineand/orfuelsystem.
NOTICE:CASECONSTRUCTIONmayvoidyourwar-
rantyiftheproblemisassociatedwithpoorfuelquality
duetoimproperblending.Itistheresponsibilityofthe
fuelsupplierand/oryourselftoensuretherighttypeof
fuelandblendisdeliveredandused.
Maintenanceintervals
Formachinesusingtheallelectronicengineswithahigh
pressurecommonrailfuelsystem,theengineoilandl-
terchangeintervalisnotaffectedwhenusingbiodiesel
blendsuptoB20.
Checkallhoses,connectionsandgasketstoensurein-
tegrityandcleanlinessevery3monthsor150hoursof
operation,whichevercomesrst.
Regularoilsamplingishighlyrecommendedtomonitor
foroilandenginedeterioration.
NOTE:Oilsamplingkitsareavailablefromyourautho-
rizedCASECONSTRUCTIONdealer.
WhenswitchingbackfrombiodieseltoregularEN590or
#2diesel,allfuellter,oilandoilltershouldbechanged
evenifthisfallsbetweenroutineserviceintervals.
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