Everybody needs to keep in mind that the fuel injector pump and the top end
of the engine gets much of its lubrication from the diesel fuel itself.
The injector pump in particular must never be run without good lubricating
fuel or it will seize.
You would expect vegetable oil to have lubricating properties, but who knows
for sure?
Joe Garrett
cell 425-344-1402
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From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
Behalf Of Mark J. Blair
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 9:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [MV] Fryer fat in a deuce??
"ygmir" <ygmir@onemain.com> wrote:
> Did I miss something, or did he ask if a multi-fuel M35 will run on
> vegetable oil? Seems like it should. Isn't that what "multi-fuel"
> refers to?
According the the article(s) I've read, *any* diesel engine should be
able to run on the BioDiesel fuels made from vegetable oils, fryer
fat, etc. The resulting fuels aren't just filtered oils; they're
chemically processed a bit to turn them into usable fuel. At least one
do-it-himselfer has managed to make the stuff at home. If anybody is
willing to risk trying the stuff in their deuce, with or without the
fuel density compensator bypassed, I'd sure like to hear about the
results!
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