From: Lee Houde (houdel@carrinter.net)
Date: Tue May 02 2006 - 06:11:38 PDT
Bjorn - should I assume biodiesel DOESN'T need any special heating or
other processes, i.e., it is completely interchangeable with diesel? If
so, is there that much labor savings using WVO compared to converting
the WVO to biodiesel? Seems like you need to jump through a lot of hoops
to convert your truck to run dual fuels What happens when you forget to
purge the fuel system and it gets down to zero degrees that night? I'm
not knocking what you are doing, if it works for you that is fine. But
my driving is mostly shorter trips, 25 miles or less at a time and
plenty of cold weather. Just trying to figure out if I'd be better off
running WVO or spending the time to convert the WVO to biodiesel. -- Lee
Bjorn Brandstedt wrote:
> The "conversion" generally involves installing heating devices, such
> as a coolant heated fuel tank, heated fuel lines and filter(s).
> Heating is required for VO to reduce the viscosity, which is still
> higher than regular diesel even when heated to 180F,BTW, but low
> enough to be atomized satisfactorily.
> The conversion gives you a two tank installation, one heated and one
> for petrodiesel for starting the engine and warming the veggie oil.
> You can still run regular petro diesel in either tank, so the answer
> is "yes". VO mixes just fine with diesel/biodiesel. When running a
> mix, the fuel does not have to be heated extensively.
>
> Bjorn
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