[shmitty]

i watched the top gear vid and did some research about using svo and mineral spirits, letting it stand then dumping it in your tank. is this a hoax? meant to lure dumb people like me into wrecking my injector pump? might give it a try if it works..

 

[macka]

If you are going to use SVO or WVO they have rigs you can buy to preheat the oil to temperature so it it is not so thick and won't ruin your injectors. Seeing that Rudolph Diesel designed the engine to run off of peanut oil, using "green" alternatives as long as you start with help from someone who has been doing this for a while should be OK.

 

[DEMON]

I burn filtered WMO in my '95 cummins and now in this '90 1.6 diesel.

 

[macka]

I burn filtered WMO in my '95 cummins and now in this '90 1.6 diesel.

so whats the skinny on this, how does one get started?

 

[DEMON]

easy! get waste oil.......filter oil......cut with diesel. fill tank you want to stay away from synthetics though, they don't burn very well. WMO doesn't need to be heated. WVO needs to be filtered well and heated.


I just rigged myself up a quick, mobile around the garage filter station. use a $5 Princess auto self priming drill pump. I got from work a primary filter head from a 16v-2000 Detroit diesel. uses the primary filters in parallel (by virtue of the head design) at about 40-50 micron nominal rating. Just a big prefilter. then went to NAPA and got 2 fuel filter heads with 2 micron absolute filters i piped them in series. spent about $80 for parts. Oh the hex head plugs in the blocking ports on all the filter heads are magnetic NPT drain plugs. with the el-cheapo 3/8" drill wide open it pumps a 5 gal pail in just a couple minutes.

 

[macka]

I have access to a 60 series filter set up from a wreck, I can get WVO from a local restaurant, I just need to get the pump and other filters. [woo] Did I mention I'm part Scottish???

 

[DEMON]

You might have to heat the WVO beofore you try to filter it. I'm not sure. No direct experience with WVO other that a buddy of mine makes biodiesel from it at home.

When you cut WMO with #2 its almost a fluid as straight #2. so pumping and filtering is easy. diesel acts as a solvent to oils. thats why if you get diesel leaking into your crankcase, you will wipe your bearings and fast. the solvent action of diesel in engine oil washes the oils viscosity right out.

 

[Green '95]

Another thing to look out for if you are getting your "oil" from food places is that they are starting with cooking "oil" not blocks of lard. There is something about the lard that it does not work nearly as well. There is a ton of good info on www.cumminsforum.com on making wvo for your vehicles.

 

[macka]

My source uses vegie oil, not blocks of lard. Us Canadians don't cook our food in the "hi test" much anymore, too many granola heads would ***** about the "saturated fat" lol.