Run your truck on French Fry oil

[TowPro]

This is pretty popular with the old VW rabbit diesel owners, but this is the first conversion I have seen that looks like it would work! Wonder if we could suck enough fuel through this to run the mighty Cummins!



bombed with French Fry fuel! Mix this stuff with propain and it would really smell like McDonalds

http://www.vwdieselparts.com/bio.htm

 

[Mopar-muscle]

i know a guy that was (??) a member , has a resturant and whips up his own fuel , a mixture of fryolator oil , engine oil and JP4 , was costing him about 55 cents a gallon .

 

[RKleis]

Tow Pro,

although it can be done and works well if done right,

be real careful with used oil and what kit to use.

I am looking into it for the 2002 I have coming, and

I am using methylene esthered rape seed oil now

on a 1. 9 tdi engine for 40k miles so far with no problems.

If you need more info, let me know.

good luck, rob kleis

 

[B. Gill]

there is a lot more info about boi diesel at www.VEGGIEVAN.ORG is some one is intrested in it .

thanks

 

[Blakers]

It apears the guy with the VW is running straight vegatable oi in his diesel. This is not biodiesel and requries preheating of the oil.



Making biodiesel from the vegatable oil allows it to be used just as petroleum-derrived diesel fuel. It can even be mixed with petroleum-derrived diesel in any ratio.



Blake

 

[RPetersen]

Timely topic... I've just been looking into making biodiesel, kind of as a starter business for one of my kids. it appears pretty straightforward. Take a look at www.yellowbiodiesel.com for a fairly good overview.

Has anyone made and used this stuff? How is the cold weather usage?

Rodg in Bellevue

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

I had some ransid vegetable oil laying around, I did an experiment by mixing about 25% oil in diesel in a glass jar then let it set a couple days. It mixed together very well and never separated or clouded, so felt it was OK and threw about a gallon in my tank and burned it.



Vaughn

 

[Blakers]

Timely topic... I've just been looking into making biodiesel, kind of as a starter business for one of my kids. it appears pretty straightforward. Take a look at www.yellowbiodiesel.com for a fairly good overview.



Rodg, I think I read about the yellowbiodiesel guy in our paper - is he the one who uses some maple syrup equipment to make it?



This book [http://www.veggievan.org/book/ /QUOTE] is very good on making biodiesel (once you get past the political and environmental extremist wacko statements). I'm thinking of making some someday. Actually we make the same thing here at work though we sell it as kosher vegatable oil. It is split and distilled soybean oil - I'm sure it would run just fine in a diesel.



You have to do a little more than just mix it with diesel fuel, though that may work to a degree. The stuff made in the book will substitute 100% for petroleum derrived diesel in all weather, though has about 7% less BTU, hence a little less mpg.



Let me know if you make some.



Blake

 

[AKDrifter]

wow, I'm into it. Just poking my head outside to see what I can squeeze into biodiesel and all I see is snow. I'll stay posted on this one, this IS the future.

 

[heliopilot]

Yes, french fry oil works. and it is cheap, i have about 34k miles on the truck running my fry oil combo, i do however recommend using a larger injector " 275"'s are just fine. Always filter out the french fries 1st . winter is not to best time to experiment with a high percentage of oil if you are unaware of what type the returaunt is using. . If you need more info i'll check back from time to time.





psst ignore the post count

 

[RKleis]

Plant oil substitution

As for the use of non esthered oils,

you need a preheating kit to make up for the higher viscosity

of plant oils.

Before using it, 2 things need be done:

- preheating kit, preferably through a heat exchanger tapped in

to the radiator coolant system.

- second tank, so the engine coldstarts with and operates

on #2 diesel 'til it reaches like 160F.

then switch to the plant oil tank.

there is computerized kits available to monitor heat exchanger

temps and switch automatically.

Before shutdown, switch back to diesel for the last few miles

to clear the injection system from plantoil.

Do a viscosity check @ 160 F and compare with diesel.

Running on cold high viscosity oils will cause blowby and

kills injection pumps. Don't ask how i know.





Can anyone post information as to if the VP 44 can

sustain operations at 160 F?



ps: my post count is for real...

 

[HoleshotHolset]

Heliopilot,

I'd like some JP-4... where to I get some?



Matt

 

[JSend]

I burned a barrel of soy methyl ester a couple of years ago. 100% for a while in my 12 valve, and 20% in the 24 valve. Trucks ran fine.

 

[RKleis]

heliopilot,



can you please expand what blends you're running at what outside temps?

I have experienced increased blowby in the oil at lower tems

at higher blends, not so bad with a preheater/heatexchanger.

This is from a tractor engine with mech. fuel pump.

Any gasket problems in the fuel system?

thanks, rob