Author Topic: using grease as fuel??????? (Read 5671 times)

Skinny_Pedal · « **on:** May 01, 2005, 01:24:18 PM »

ive heard that diesal vehicles could use cooking grease instead of fuel? this true? i want to get a diesal rabbit over the summer and it would be sweet not to have to pay for fuel

WHITE_TRASH · « **Reply #1 on:** May 01, 2005, 01:28:28 PM »

My dad is running used cooking oil from the local store, he mixes it about50/50 with diesel and he hasnt noticed any issues so far. Just half price fillups.

Skinny_Pedal · « **Reply #2 on:** May 01, 2005, 01:30:44 PM »

thats just what i wanted to hear

RUGER · « **Reply #3 on:** May 01, 2005, 01:50:26 PM »

is that like bio diesel with using greese from a burger joint.

happy trails
rich *ruger*

WHITE_TRASH · « **Reply #4 on:** May 01, 2005, 01:53:57 PM »

More or less yup. My pops strains the chunks out of it and dumps it in.

Skinny_Pedal · « **Reply #5 on:** May 01, 2005, 01:57:29 PM »

and they give that stuff away for free

. i just need to find me a rabbit now

Willy Mammoth · « **Reply #6 on:** May 01, 2005, 05:15:16 PM »

Here's one for you, and If you can hang on for :08 you might even get a prize.

Duffil · « **Reply #7 on:** May 01, 2005, 09:19:16 PM »

a couple of guys here in town run bio diesel; one of em just bought my buddies 96 2wd 3500 cummins (custom fuel plate, turned up pump, turbo mods) with over 280,000 on it and it runs pretty good...smokes less too.

BTW, he says grease from chinese restaurants runs better than JITB, booger king, etc.

Mikeyg79 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 02, 2005, 04:48:48 AM »

bio-diesel is cool, but it's an un-needed process.

www.greasecar.com
http://www.veggiegolf.com/
http://tardhaus.com:8002/~jorzell/Greasecar.html

use waste vegetable oil (used in deepfry machines) heat it up using engine coolant, and a diesel will run off it.

CTENG in KS · « **Reply #9 on:** May 02, 2005, 04:59:44 AM »

You don't need to mix fuel either...make it a dual fuel system, then as soon as the grease is heated, switch to FULL GREASE MODE...I hear your exhaust smells like fries though.

BLACKDOG · « **Reply #10 on:** May 02, 2005, 10:49:31 AM »

Quote from: CTENG on May 02, 2005, 04:59:44 AM

You don't need to mix fuel either...make it a dual fuel system, then as soon as the grease is heated, switch to FULL GREASE MODE...I hear your exhaust smells like fries though.

Can you imagine the zits of a guy drivin behind you for a while??

Mikeyg79 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 02, 2005, 04:39:50 PM »

Quote from: CTENG on May 02, 2005, 04:59:44 AM

I hear your exhaust smells like fries though.

More like french fries smell like cooking VO.

RokCrawlinToy · « **Reply #12 on:** May 02, 2005, 04:48:09 PM »

This message board has info. on biodiesel
http://toyotadieselmadness.com/

88runner · « **Reply #13 on:** May 02, 2005, 05:03:43 PM »

http://www.northwales.org.uk/bio-power/makeit.htm

mudguts · « **Reply #14 on:** May 02, 2005, 09:39:09 PM »

Lot of info here also.
http://www.biodiesel.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_vegetable_oil

Skinny_Pedal · « **Reply #15 on:** May 02, 2005, 09:47:06 PM »

good info. it through me a loop though. do the old vw diesal, can they still use this whole bio diesal setup?

mudguts · « **Reply #16 on:** May 02, 2005, 09:53:07 PM »

Quote from: skinny_pedal on May 02, 2005, 09:47:06 PM

good info. it through me a loop though. do the old vw diesal, can they still use this whole bio diesal setup?

check this out also.
http://users.adelphia.net/~pellett/wvo.html
I would like to run a diesel in my rig but the swap looks pricey for the engine I want

Skinny_Pedal · « **Reply #17 on:** May 02, 2005, 09:59:59 PM »

perfect. thanks toecutter.

now if anyone knows of a diesal rabbit in washington or oregon hit me up

freds40 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 02, 2005, 10:33:41 PM »

Here's a write up I did in another thread. Go about 1/4-1/3 down and I explained a bit on Bio. http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=9259.60 (forgot the link

)

I used to have a diesel Golf a couple of years in High School (parents old car). Even without bio I was stoked. The thing got 55 mpgs. The car got totaled 3 times (none of them our fault) and we finally stopped rebuilding it.

Wish I still had it these days.

Willy Mammoth · « **Reply #19 on:** May 03, 2005, 04:14:44 AM »

I see nothing

Quote

fixed it.

Yup, I remmember this now.

freds40 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 03, 2005, 05:59:36 AM »

fixed it.

Mikeyg79 · « **Reply #21 on:** May 03, 2005, 06:50:22 PM »

Any diesel can use bio-diesel, doesn't have to be a VW.

Why spend the time/effort trying to make good (you don't always make good batches) bio, when you can use straight WVO.

Bio-diesel is processed VO.
running straight WVO or VO in an engine is not the same as bio-diesel.

A diesel engine can run off B100 with no mods.
To run off WVO, the oil must be heated, and a second tank is required for startup/shutdown.

Duffil · « **Reply #22 on:** May 03, 2005, 07:18:53 PM »

Quote from: Mikeyg79 on May 03, 2005, 06:50:22 PM

Any diesel can use bio-diesel, doesn't have to be a VW.

Why spend the time/effort trying to make good (you don't always make good batches) bio, when you can use straight WVO.

Bio-diesel is processed VO.
running straight WVO or VO in an engine is not the same as bio-diesel.

A diesel engine can run off B100 with no mods.
To run off WVO, the oil must be heated, and a second tank is required for startup/shutdown.

yeah, supposedly, you start the truck on diesel, let it run about 15 min and then switch to oil...and the reverse when you shut 'er down...or so i am told.

Rockcrawlintoy · « **Reply #23 on:** May 03, 2005, 07:31:21 PM »

send ROverhybrids a PM on the Pirate board he does conversions to the waste vegi oil

DRew

Mikeyg79 · « **Reply #24 on:** May 04, 2005, 04:50:16 AM »

Quote from: Duffil on May 03, 2005, 07:18:53 PM

yeah, supposedly, you start the truck on diesel, let it run about 15 min and then switch to oil...and the reverse when you shut 'er down...or so i am told.

Yes. First you must wait for the oil to be heated so it will flow through the injectors. Then when shutting down, you must flush the lines so they don't get clogged with gelling oil.
Doesn't take 15min to shutdown.

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