Thanks maxCan my diesel car re alley run in vegetable oil alone .?
Its actually fryer oil that it will run on.
And YES, it can be converted over to run on it. You cant just put it in without going thru the conversion.
There was an article in Playboy last month that talked about the legality of it.
Look here for some info:
http://www.ravenfamily.org/andyg/vegoil.鈥?/a>Can my diesel car re alley run in vegetable oil alone .?
depends how hot it is. If you live in Arizona in the summer, yeah, it has a slim chance of working. Go get ';from the fryer to the fuel tank'; by Joshua Tickell. He states that the oil needs to be preheated, to above 160f before the viscosity will drop into the useable range. So, you might want to take some time to rerig the fuel system, or consider turning out a couple batches of bio diesel, which will burn straight in the tank with minor modifications to the engine and lines.
If all you're looking to do is get to the next service station and top off with diesel... don't waste your time with the vegetable oil, it's too thick.
Yes but you don't want to run strait vegtable oil. Vegtable oil is slightly caustic and will eat up your fuel lines and pump if you run it strait. Even the biodiesel currently being manufactured and sold at the pump is only mixed to a maximum of 25% because of this problem. It is due to the engine technology not yet being caught up to the fuel technology. The newer diesel engines are built to handle this fuel and by law any diesel engine built after 2007 must be compliant to the 15Parts per million sulphur fuel being sold now which also happens to make them more resistant to the caustic effects. As to the specifics of your question: Yes it will start and run but there is more to it than that. In extreamly cold weather you should not put it in unless the engine is still warm because the vegtable oil will gel at a higher temberature than diesel fuel. If you have a tank heater and line heater on your vehicle this is less of a problem. Just be sure to fill the tank with clean diesel as soon as possible and never put more than a quarter tank in yourt car.(vegtable oil that is) The B20 (20% Biodiesel) is what I burn in my Ford. It is cleaner burning and I get a tax break for usuing it. History FYI : Origionaly diesel engines were designed to burn strait vegtable oil, but modern engines moved away from this when diesel fuel became cheaper than vegtable oil in the late 1940's.
not exactly...you need to start it with diesel and when its at operating temperature you can blend some into it , if you want to run your car on veggie oil only you have to strip out the glucides from the oil then blend it with methanol before it will burn by itself
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