Engine/Transmission (1994 - 1998) vegetable oil fuel

[d9]

Any of you run your trucks on used cooking oil? I'm planning on adding an auxillary fuel tank, filter, heating system, etc. , in order to take advantage of this cheap and readily available fuel.



Modifying the fuel system to run on straight vegetable oil (SVO) is not all that complicated, but there are different ways of doing it, so I just wanted to touch base with the TDR to see what you all had up your sleeves.

 

[fox]

Some north east members are exposed to this fuel.

I intend to experiment too this summer but must find time.

go to greasel.com. There is a simply meathod to try as a starter/entry level.

If it is washed after the process it should run without any mixing with no. 2.

I doubt that I try it this way but you never know.

At least not in a $30,000 truck.

I have a pair of lawn mowers and an old bread truck will be guiny pigs.

 

[John - K5AWO]

goto www.hydrogenappliances.com and check out their absorbent beads. I bought a bucket of them last month all of the pump/filter parts they recommend.



need to get it together so I can start using that stuff. Don't need to worry about heated lines here in Phoenix though.

 

[jcarey]

Check out this site for the FuelMeister:



http://www.biodieselsolutions.com/



It's a complete unit. You just add a 55 gallon drum for the used oil, plus one for the finished biodiesel. Pros: makes pure biodiesel that you can fill your tank with or make your own B20; can be made portable by use of a trailer; doesn't require any mods to the truck; doesn't eat up bed space. Cost: about $3000, plus maybe $500 for setup.



Trying to burn pure veggie oil requires a holding tank, heater, electrical hook-ups, a connection into your fuel line, and a switch to go between diesel and the oil. You have to start on diesel, switch to oil, then switch to diesel before shutting off the engine. Positives: eat at at your local greasy spoon and fuel up at the same time. Cons: too many connections; eats up space in the bed for the oil reservoir tank(s). Cost is about $800+.



You can make your own biodiesel if get this book:

'From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank'



http://www.veggievan.org/



It's includes, among many other things, instructions for building a biodiesel processor and growing and processing oilseed crops. Building your equipment would be cheapest way of all. The book costs $25,printed copy; $20 web download. It's free if you order the FuelMeister above.



Good frying... errr fueling.