Re: Drivers Eye Vegetable Oil As Cheap Fuel
I have been doing some research on this. Biodiesel is a mixture of the veggie oil, diesel, and other chemicals that can be obtained easily. The chemicals help keep the veggie oil emulisified in the diesel. That is why they call that mixture Bio Diesel.<br /><br />SVO which is straigt vegtable oil. The diesel engine first is started on the diesel fuel. After the coolant in the engine warms the veggie oil through a heat exchanger, then a 3 way valve is opened allowing the SVO to run right into the injector pump. The diesel fuel is shut 100% off while the engine is running on the SVO. Upon shut down, you must first remember to switch back to diesel fuel prior to shut down. Otherwise once the SVO gets cold, it turns into a thick goo which will clog everything in its path.<br /><br />The drawback to SVO is it can be corrosive to some injector pumps. It can be very acidic. The exhaust does smell like whatever was cooked in the oil. <br /><br />I'm going to be adapting my truck to it hopefully in the next couple of months. If the injector pump holds out for several thousand miles. The savings from not buying diesel will pay for the pump. <br /><br />The company that picks up our oil from the fryers has their truck running off the SVO. I talked to the driver and he said he only has to put diesel in about every 3 months, where he was having to fill up once a day with diesel.<br /><br />This procedure is big in Europe. With their prices of fuel, no wonder.