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Originally Posted by 98NYFINESTVETTE
I went and bought 7 clear/white 55 gallon barrals for $10.00 3qch. I dropped them off at 3 Chinese rest. in my area. I spoke to them about pick up. There only question was that is was free for me to pick up the oil. I drive by the areas often to monitor the oil. I am able to get about 25 gallons a week on average. Two of the locations keep the barrells outside. I do not pump all the oil out of the drum. I will leave about 15 to 20 gallons in it so it would be hard to steal. I figured that every inch is 2 gallons and the oils weight is about 8lbs per gallon. I store the oil in seperate drums behind the shed. I don't mix the oil I pick with other locations. I was informed that I should not mix. I am going to try to mix them next week and see what will happen if anything will happen.
I am not making bio. I am makinbg something different. I also have not heard of anyone else making it this way either. I saw an add on Google for DieselSecret.com - make fuel for .64 cents.
A week ago I was towing my enclosed trailer back from atco Raceway in NJ and lost power. I pulled over and replaced the filter on the frame rail. The truck started and only ran for about 1,000 feet and then just stalled without restarting. I had the truck towed and the trailer towed home by a friend. I checked the fuel pressure and it was all over. So, I have a bad pump. How common is it for a pump on this type of truck to go bad? I think it is not common. No one had it in stock. I then noticed the white puff of smoke for the exhaust. Now I am thinking OH GREAT MORE PROBLEMS. My wife is asking me if I created the problem by try to save money - more like nagging. As I read on this site, An EGR will cause the white smoke. I removed the EGR and cleaned it. It did not look to bad. Normal carbon build up and the valve was moving freely. I reinstalled it and drove the truck. It was fine for about an hour and then everything started again - the fuel pressue dropped and the truck would stall.
If anyone has heard of the method I am using or has any comments - PLEASE feel free to post them. I am in the early stages of working with alterative fuel and use all the feedback as possible. My future plans is to make true bio and run that in my truck as a 100% mix.
Thanks for reading.
PS - with the mixture I am making I had no mileage change but I did notice a small drop in power.
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The secret they leave out is that the factory fuel pump can't handle the higher viscosity. Your pump is probably burned up, and your new one will probably go just as fast. For that matter, I doubt you would see a consistent fuel pressure reading if you checked your new pump after you get it in, which would explain your loss of power. This will eventually kill the injectors, and possibly coke the cylinders enough to make your rings stick. I have heard of a couple people that swear by DSE Blends, but I would like to hear their opinion on it after about 50k miles. I would also like to see DSE do a tear down after 50k and see what the combustion chamber looks like. Maybe a compression test as well.