BioDiesel 101 - I need Help!!
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BioDiesel 101 - I need Help!!
I would like to start making clean WVO to blend with my current @ the pump fuel.
I live in NW Florida, so it's alway hot.
I would like to blend first, then move up to B100 in time.
Q: What's the max blend I should do?? (50 gallon tanks)
Q: I don't want to modify my trucks or engines.
Please help
Bobby
I live in NW Florida, so it's alway hot.
I would like to blend first, then move up to B100 in time.
Q: What's the max blend I should do?? (50 gallon tanks)
Q: I don't want to modify my trucks or engines.
Please help
Bobby
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From: Paradise Found!
Originally Posted by RDC F250 7.3
I would like to start making clean WVO to blend with my current @ the pump fuel.
I live in NW Florida, so it's alway hot.
I would like to blend first, then move up to B100 in time.
Q: What's the max blend I should do?? (50 gallon tanks)
Q: I don't want to modify my trucks or engines.
Please help
Bobby
I live in NW Florida, so it's alway hot.
I would like to blend first, then move up to B100 in time.
Q: What's the max blend I should do?? (50 gallon tanks)
Q: I don't want to modify my trucks or engines.
Please help
Bobby
You have 2 choices. Modify your fuel system and burn WVO, or make a processer and make Biodiesel.
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Well many will advise you to modify your truck in these ways-
1. have your tanks cleaned, this takes away all those little critters in there that will have a population explosion when vegtable oil comes in. If you don't they will clog filters and gum things up overall.
2. Change all natural rubber to synthetic rubber parts, biodiesel dosen't chew away at synthetics.
3. Maximum blend is B100, as long as the tanks are clean you shouldn't have a problem.
That is what you will need to do to your truck.
The WVO will need to be filtered & processed to run correctly (I believe you need to process it, filtering is a must.
You would have to talk to someone else about equipment you would need. Let me know how this turns out, I want to convert my old Benz...
1. have your tanks cleaned, this takes away all those little critters in there that will have a population explosion when vegtable oil comes in. If you don't they will clog filters and gum things up overall.
2. Change all natural rubber to synthetic rubber parts, biodiesel dosen't chew away at synthetics.
3. Maximum blend is B100, as long as the tanks are clean you shouldn't have a problem.
That is what you will need to do to your truck.
The WVO will need to be filtered & processed to run correctly (I believe you need to process it, filtering is a must.
You would have to talk to someone else about equipment you would need. Let me know how this turns out, I want to convert my old Benz...
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From: Paradise Found!
Originally Posted by bowlerman
why will wvo 100% kill your engine, i am running it and doing just fine. i has better lubrication then dino diesel and its does clog anything as long as u filter it well
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From: Cabot, Arkansas
Originally Posted by RDC F250 7.3
I would like to start making clean WVO to blend with my current @ the pump fuel.
I live in NW Florida, so it's alway hot.
I would like to blend first, then move up to B100 in time.
Q: What's the max blend I should do?? (50 gallon tanks)
Q: I don't want to modify my trucks or engines.
Please help
Bobby
I live in NW Florida, so it's alway hot.
I would like to blend first, then move up to B100 in time.
Q: What's the max blend I should do?? (50 gallon tanks)
Q: I don't want to modify my trucks or engines.
Please help
Bobby
Biodiesel will mix with #2 diesel in any ratio you choose. You can start with as little as 5% and move up from there.
80 degree Florida mornings are not warm enough to run unheated WVO. WVO must be heated no matter where you live, and that , of course, requires modifications to the vehicle.
