Running a big rig on veggie oil
I have been researching veggie oil as fuel in diesels for years. Seems to have a few downsides and upsides but vegetable oil for fuel is actually what good ol' Rudolph Diesel had in mind for fuel when...
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wolfe10 wrote:
Second, those acceptable maximum bio concentrations are with the caveat that the bio meets certain specifications (again in their published documents). There is no way to know if "homemade" bio meets those specs.
The possibility of buying a new engine because of issues would be a risk I certainly would not take!
To clarify, I'm talking about straight used vegetable oil fuel. Biodiesel is made from converting veggie oil to straight diesel through a multi step process that includes adding compounds and distilling the product. Veggie oil as fuel means I convert the engine fuel system to heat and inject the veggie oil without changing it, other than cleaning it.
Biodiesel is labor intensive every time you make a batch of oil and takes quit a few hours to babysit the process but the fuel can be run in any Diesel engine. Running veggie is one time labor intensive to convert the fuel system and much less intensive to collect and clean the veggie oil.
There are lots of people who have run veggie oil for tens of thousands of miles and report LESS motor issues, cleaner exhaust, lower engine noise, cleaner oil at changes and cleaner valves. Most of the negative news seems to come from people who tried to convert an engine with an injector pump that doesnt handle veggie well, did the conversion cheaply and paid for it with hassles, or from fear mongers with a vested interest in seeing people stick with the dirty diesel we have, which is pretty much anyone in government or in the oil and gas industry. Pretty big opposition but you gotta do your own research :)
