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Originally Posted by ponypop
Clay I think you may be off the mark by a bit. You have a 6.0 and they are not very forgiving, what we are talking about are 7.3's and It will work. My original reply-- As for your fuel, I think what you are doing sounds fine, I have logged over 200,000 miles on home made fuel. I have been making my own long before most people jumped on to the home made fuel band wagon. That is I have been making my own fuel for about 10 years, I make it 100gal at a time and use 55gal used oil, 12 gas, and 33 diesel and it works. Regardless what others say it works and my trucks have always ran good on it as well as my D-8 bulldozer, combine, and three tractors. So if you add up all of the thousands of gallons in the farm equipment and the 200,000 miles in the powerstroke I would say it is your truck and if you have a formula that works for you then do it. I for one have no problems in the summer or when the weather gets down in the teens the fuel always works.
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I understand BUT, this guy is talking about using WVO, not used motor oil...there is a huge difference when it comes to burning it cold verses heated. There is much research to prove that this will in fact shorten the life of an engine causing coking of the rings followed by death of the engine. And yes, some engines will handle it longer than others ...the IDI engines will handle it longer as reseach has proved. Your mixture is less than 50 % oil also...not alot of oil in my opinion...but try using 80%WVO and diesel and this will simply be too thick in winter temps for the cold filters to flow it causing starvation. The lift pump will not like it at all and the rings will be coted in a nice nasty layer of carbonized crap within a few thousand miles.
In southern climates you would definately get by doing this a little longer but not in a cold winter climate.