From: Jeff Gatton (jdgatton@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Feb 01 2006 - 10:17:03 PST
I have a good friend in FL that is using appx 85% used veggie oil and 15%
gasoline and Dieselkleen additive with good results in his Mercedes car. NO
preheating or starting on diesel necessary. He did add a flat plate heat
exchanger, which helped to increase the power (once engine is warmed up). He
had some problems for the first 1000 or so miles clogging fuel filters because
veggie oil is a really good solvent. Another thing, he does NOT use partially
hydrogenated oil, which will solidify in a refrigator.
I plan on doing this to my M1008 when I find the time.
Jeff Gatton
Saucier, MS
--- Ed <mojoedd@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Gentlemen,
>
> I've decided to bite the bullet and go with the used cooking oil for fuel in
> my M-1009. I've found a fairly reliable source of used oil, now I need to
> know what is really needed to accomplish this conversion.
>
> I know that someone on the list had a setup that started his vehicle on
> regular diesel and then switched to cooking oil to run on, then switched
> back to diesel to shut down. This is the system that I'm most interested
> in. What do I need to build or buy to accomplish this? I would say an
> extra tank for the small amount of diesel that I would be using, a filter
> system for it, an electric pump and a gauge to let me know when it's getting
> low. The main system would be in the main fuel tank as it is now.
>
> Is this the best system to use? In the mostly warm South do I need to have
> this system or would it be best to just mix the cooking oil with the diesel
> in my present fuel tank???? I'm open to most anything! Please let me know
> what you all think and which way I should go with this idea. Friends that
> live near me with M-1009s & M-1008s are waiting with high hopes that they
> can be helped here!! Thanks in advance for any information, it is most
> appreciated!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Ed
>
> "Sirs, you have no reason to be ashamed of your Confederate dead; see
> to it they have no reason to be ashamed of you"
>
>
>
>
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