Re: Diesel & cooking oil

From: Bjorn Brandstedt (super_deuce@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Oct 02 2005 - 03:35:52 PDT

Hoses and seals and even copper may be effected by biodiesel, no problem
with clean cooking oil.

When you increase the percentage of oil you increase the chances of
injector coking. Maybe it should be called coking oil. :-)

If you want to run on 100% oil, heat the tank and
start and shut down on diesel. That way the risk for coking is
minimized. It does require two fuel tanks.
My current project involves just that, I have installed a coolant
heating coil in the main tank and will add a second diesel tank
(about 10 gallons) for starting/warming up and shutting down to
purge the system of oil.
I have been running my deuce on biodiesel and some cooking oil and
diesel since April. Currently 100% biodiesel.

Bjorn
MVPA19212
Meadows of Dan,Virginia

1968 M49A2C (modified), 1972 HIAB crane, M756 pipeline truck bed...

>From: "Dick" <rertman@ix.netcom.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] Deisle & cooking oil
>Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 17:48:05 -0700
>
>Thanks for the info, Darrell. I'm using 20% used frying oil in my
>Dodge/Cummins pickup truck.
>Someone on the list said not to use more than 20% vegetable oil because
>some
>hoses and seals
>might be damaged.
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Dick

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