Biodiesel posting on Eng-Tips

Biodiesel, Dual Fuel (Diesel/Propane, Diesel/NG), HCCI
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Biodiesel posting on Eng-Tips

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I was checking the postings on Eng-Tips and came across this posting that you might find interesting. The title of that posting is "Vegetable oil as fuel for trucks". Eng-Tips promotes itself as an intelligent work forum for engineering professionals.

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=7629&page=1

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I am a studying heavy duty technician, a friend of mine and myself found a recipe for bio diesel and we made about ten gallons out of old vegetable oil. It was a surprisingly simple process. We ran it in a 12 valve cummins and it seemed to work just fine with no noticable loss in power.

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I'm a member of several waste veggy oil boards, and I'm in the process of securing my oil source, before I convert my truck to a 2-tank system.

A few friends of mine are ahead of me and have already converted their trucks... I'm just too lazy to collect & filter old oil (and have NO room to setup a filtering station at home), so I'm working on a batch of new (virgin) canola oil that's just past its "shelf date" for food use.. but the catch is, it's 8,000 gallons or none.. :P

Bio blends from veggy oils have been shown to decrease wear metals as much as nearly 50% too, which helps longevity..

a few links:

www.frybrid.com (they have a forum too)
http://biodiesel.infopop.cc/groupee/forums (The biggest Bio / WVO forum I've found)
"the FJ" - 1970 Toyota FJ-305 rock crawler - Chevy 305, now running on BBQ juice.. http://www.rnrfab.com/rich/05build

"FJ Hauler" - 1998 Dodge Ram Cummins 3500, B20 fueled, 300hp/700tq at the wheels..

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