WVO through a sock
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WVO through a sock
Just got told today by a nice cute college student who says she has done this that its possible to run WVO in a diesel engine as long as you strain it through a sock befor putting it in the gas tank. Wow, this is the level of college education out there... I fear for our country.
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We used to strain torpedo fuel (pure grain alcohol for the Mk 14 and 16) thru a loaf of bread to remove the stuff "they" put in it to keep us from drinking it. Tastes pretty good mixed with a bit of grapefruit juice.
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Well, at least she has the nice and cute part going for her!!
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Sheesh, you guys really are a different breed!! Torpedo fuel strained through a loaf of bread and mixed with grapefruit juice?!?! I think I have heard it all!! So, who got to eat the bread?
Shortround,
Sheesh, you guys really are a different breed!! Torpedo fuel strained through a loaf of bread and mixed with grapefruit juice?!?! I think I have heard it all!! So, who got to eat the bread?
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Best part of it was when she started arguing with me about how you can run Waist Vegitable Oil through a diesel engine and you didnt have to do anything but strain it through a sock before putting it in the tank. After all she had a diesel engine run after she did that.
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Ho Ho Hose. Sock it to me. Laugh all you want, I do every time I pass a gas station. It may not be quite as simple as she made it out to be but it is not a big deal either.
I simply filter mine through an old pant leg then pour it into my specially heated and filtered system and drive away. Nearly 20k miles on WVO so far. I fill up my diesel tank once every other month on this daily driver. Approaching 3000 miles on my last tank of diesel and still have about 1/8th of a tank left. Well over 100 miles per gallon of diesel. Laugh about that! There are hundreds of us burning WVO, give it a try, you too might like it. Check out these forums;
http://www.frybrid.com/forum/index.php?
http://biodiesel.infopop.cc/eve/ubb.x/a/frm/f/159605551
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I simply filter mine through an old pant leg then pour it into my specially heated and filtered system and drive away. Nearly 20k miles on WVO so far. I fill up my diesel tank once every other month on this daily driver. Approaching 3000 miles on my last tank of diesel and still have about 1/8th of a tank left. Well over 100 miles per gallon of diesel. Laugh about that! There are hundreds of us burning WVO, give it a try, you too might like it. Check out these forums;
http://www.frybrid.com/forum/index.php?
http://biodiesel.infopop.cc/eve/ubb.x/a/frm/f/159605551
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Oh I know its possible, but dont you have to be carefull of the type of WVO you use? I have been looking into this for quite some time now, but have come to the conclusion that I like the idea of brewing my own biodiesel since its a bit safer for the engine. To may factors like salt in the oil bonding with water getting into the engine, particles that need to be filtered out. Things that I would rather do in my garage then in the truck while going down the road, though greasel.com does have a nice set up.
for performance with biodiesel you see a loss in HP and gas milage. Biodiesel has a lower BTU then dino diesel by about 30K BTU's. Other then that, it lubricates better, and runs cleaner. With the differance in BTU's you see about 2-5% differance in the MPG and HP.
for performance with biodiesel you see a loss in HP and gas milage. Biodiesel has a lower BTU then dino diesel by about 30K BTU's. Other then that, it lubricates better, and runs cleaner. With the differance in BTU's you see about 2-5% differance in the MPG and HP.
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i 've got a buddy running his 91 jetta on WVO. The car is nutless but running on WVO it seems to have more power, he also says he gets about 5mpg more. I think the french fryes are getting to him but IDK.
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Well, Ken, if you can make it over 100k without coking your injectors and burning your valves, then maybe I need to re-think my stance on straigt VO in a diesel. But 20k miles just isn't a long enough test on a machine that is designed to run 500k, in my opinion.
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It is experimental
There is NO QUESTION that this is experimental. My truck is paid for, the warrantee has long expired, I'm a pretty good mechanic. So I figured "What the Heck" lets see how it goes. All the arguements sited on this thread are valid and I don't blame anyone for being shy in trying such an experiment on their truck. I had the head off just at the start of this conversion and plan to pull it again after a year, (this Sept) to check for wear and tear. I'll take pictures and post them, good or bad. Should have around 25k on it by then. Stay tuned, I believe all will be OK.
Later ... Ken Gardner
Later ... Ken Gardner
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I'll take pictures and post them, good or bad. Should have around 25k on it by then.