From: santoken@bright.net
Date: Sun Oct 02 2005 - 06:28:49 PDT
I've been paying attention to this topic for some time, I have a question, what is the difference betwwn biodiesel and just cooking oil?
Kent
>
> From: "Bjorn Brandstedt" <super_deuce@hotmail.com>
> Date: Sun Oct 2, 6:35 AM
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Subject: Re: [MV] Diesel & cooking oil
>
>
> 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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