Wesson peanut oil in the fuel

[Dennis Garrett]

Today I cleaned out the deep fat fryer we cooled turkeys in over the holidays. I mixed up about a pint of new oil & amber colored, strained used oil, in a 50/50 mixture. I added it to about 20 gallons in the tank & headed for Topeka. After about 20 miles, when it got mixed up good & throughly blended, I noticed quite an increase in throttle response & acceleration at light throttle. Anyone else used any of this stuff in their fuel? I always run treated #2 fuel, but it still ran noticibly better with the peanut oil. The only other thing I did today was ad a cardboard winterfront, but I doubt that helped performance much. Anybody see potential problems with a little peanut oil?

 

[DennyDay]

Peanut Oil?

Just a quick question, How much per gallon does peanut oil cost?

Denny

 

[Andy Perreault]

So did the exhaust smell like popcorn?

 

[DennyDay]

Peanut Oil

Probably more like hot roasted peanuts

Denny

 

[Doc Tinker]

My peanut oil, that is stored in the cold garage, gels up almost to a solid block, in the cold. I hope you burn that out of there before it gets really cold.



Veggy oil should be broken down before using as a fuel. I think you might experience some filter problems and maybe injector clogging (among other possible troubles) , if you continue to use it raw.



Doc

 

[danandamy]

I read an article in Trailer Life recently that the National Park Service ran a Cummins powered Ram for 100,000 miles on Canola oil as an experiment. They sent the engine off to Cummins to study it to see how the insides fared. Never heard anything else about it. So, all you ARABS (pronounced ay' rabs) look out, jack up the price of fuel too much and I might just have to buy a drum of veggie oil



pcdan

 

[scott4glamis]

If you want to know more about veggie oils try doing a web search on bio diesel, what you find might just surprise you. Yes the dodge on Canola oil story is true, it wouldn't start one time , the temp was about -20( can't remember exactly what temp. ).

Get busy, start brewing yer own!!!!!!

 

[LarryB]

I have a fuel heating system and alternate tank on my Rabbit pickup, run used vegie oil all the time. Start and warm up on diesel, switch to veggie when warm, switch back to diesel to purge pump before shutdown. Stretches my Diesel mileage to about 150 miles for every gallon of diesel I use. Exhaust mells like doughnuts, chicken, fast food, depending on where I get the used oil.

 

[Briar Hopper]

Heehee, LarryB, smells like fried RABBIT to me... ROFLMAO

Just kidding... some folks get all the luck, a diesel Rabbit sure sounds like fun, and then you throw alternate fuels into the fun equation...

 

[LarryB]

Fried Rabbit, Ha Thats good! I hadn't heard that one.



The best part is when you tell someone about it, they look at you as if you may be a little of your rocker. Mostly I've given up and just keep my mouth shut.



Larry

 

[jodog]

Hey,has anyone seen the[MAKE YOUR OWEN DIESEL FUEL BOOK] for sale on E-bay?



http://cgi.ebay.aol.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=599865918

 

[LarryB]

Check this site for info on biodiesel or running straight vegitable oil. They sell a book and also have many links. This is where I started.

Larry



http://www.veggievan.org/



#ad

 

[scott4glamis]

Larryb: Been looking at buying a rabbit truck for commuting @ 70 miles a day , wanna save the CTD for pulling etc. What should I look for in a VW diesel? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[LarryB]

If you want a good PU to start with you will probably pay over $2000, a good car can be had for $500+. I have bought decent drivers for as little as $150. Most likely anything you buy will need rings and a valve job. This is about all that goes wrong. Funny thing about these is that cheap people bought them new, skimped on maintenance to save money, missed oilchanges and this caused the rings to wear out. If you actually take good care of one it will last and last. Most have been overheated due to common failure of the electric cooling fan switch and have warped heads (aluminum heads suck). If you do the work yourself you can have a rebuilt engine, get close to 50mpg and fun to drive for around $1000/car, $3,000/pickup. Good pickups are getting very hard to find.



I love my PU, It's my favorite vehicle I have ever owned. easy to work on, parts are easy to find and dirt cheap. I just put front rotors($36pair new), pads($7pair) and caliper kits($3. 20pair) on it. Took about 45 min. I commute 55mi/day and thats enough in a pickup. Thare is no legroom in the pickups because you can't slide the seat back. I'm 5'11".



I have a 81 car that I loan out that has 356,000mi on the odometer and then the odo quit working. probably 400,000 on the car now.







Larry

 

[Briar Hopper]

I haven't seen any for sale here or in Indiana & Ohio, and I've been looking for over a year, now! Guess I'm not looking in the right places.

 

[LarryB]

Briar

Your in trouble now. For me these are as much fun to mess with as my Cummins.



Every once in a while one will come along on one of the sites. You may have to travel a bit though. Like I said, a good PU is hard to find.

Larry



Try these;

http://www.prod.net/volkswagen/



http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/49342



http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Audi-VW-Diesels/messages/

 

[Briar Hopper]

Thanks Larry... Trouble? I'm always in trouble. It goes hand-in-hand with being a hardcore motorhead and speed junkie. There's no cure for it.

Briar Hopper and the Fried Rabbit. That'd make a good kid's book. Sorta like Br'er Rabbit and the Tar Baby, in the Tales of Uncle Remus.

 

[LarryB]

Ha! Speed junkie in a Rabbit diesel, thats a good oxymoron. You'll find some speed ideas on those sites. Some guys are getting 130hp from a Canadian 1. 9turbo with an Audi 5000 intercooler and turned up boost and pump. Makes that little Rabbit really HOP! And they can still get 45mpg if they can keep their foot out of it. Lots of the GTI suspension stuff will bolt right to the PU. I just bought a complete setup of rear discs, calipers and spindles on ebay for $125. Bolt on mod!



LOL Fried Rabbit, you kill me!

 

[Doc Tinker]

I can just picture Briar, divin a a Rabbit. Ya better get one with a sun roof!



Doc

 

[scott4glamis]

Larryb , got a friend who has a kit to put VW diesel in a suzuki samurai, his personal samurai has a brand new 1. 9tdi in it! It was featured in the Aug? issue of "4wd and sport utility magazine" .