Veggie oil???

[Log Dog]

Okay, my neighbor told me he's running veggie oil in his PSD to improve his milage. "The more veggie, the better your milage."

The guy is an a$$hat so I didnt want to talk to him to get details.

Soooo...Can anyone explain this to me? He claims 24 mpg!!!

[Brian]

is he adding the oil directly into his fuel tank? or does he use an aux. tank.

[Log Dog]

Directly in the fuel tank I think. I may have to go ask him, but I will need a tape recorder, because I will have to be drunk to talk to that guy.

[ndurbin]

He's yanking your chain some. Bio/WVO usually costs ya a few MPGs as it doesn't have the same cetane ratings as #2 diesel.

WVO is alil more of a pain to use as it needs to be filtered pretty well, then do titration, and heat it up before running it thru your enigne (need an aux. heated tank to heat it to ~ 160*). If he's just dumping the WVO in he's asking for problems.

[Log Dog]

Originally Posted by ndurbin

He's yanking your chain some. Bio/WVO usually costs ya a few MPGs as it doesn't have the same cetane ratings as #2 diesel.

WVO is alil more of a pain to use as it needs to be filtered pretty well, then do titration, and heat it up before running it thru your enigne (need an aux. heated tank to heat it to ~ 160*). If he's just dumping the WVO in he's asking for problems.

Yeah....like I said the guy is a jerk, and doesnt like me much (our wives are friends). He's probably trying to get me to destroy my engine.

[CHenry]

Originally Posted by Log Dog

Yeah....like I said the guy is a jerk, and doesnt like me much (our wives are friends). He's probably trying to get me to destroy my engine.

If he's putting vegi oil into his diesel tank, he's destroying his engine. You can do this if it's done properly and you will save LOTS of $$ on fuel. I am doing it. I have a 2 tank system, one for diesel and one for used vegi oil. I get the oil 40 gallons at a time when i go to a bar/grill that serves alot of fryed chicken and they give me the oil instead paying a renderer to take it away. The system i have is flawless and simple. I start up the truck on diesel, drive about 4 miles untill the engine reaches full operating temp, and then it auto switches to vegi oil and I"m using free fuel at that point. My commute to work is 30 miles so i get 26 of those miles on free fuel. My last tank of diesel lasted me 2300 miles! Do that math. The oil MUST be heated to 160 degrees before injection. If not, the viscosity of the oil is too hight to spray properly throught the inlectors (like spraying butter through a windex bottle) and it will not attomize properly and cause incomplete cumbustion and cabonization in the chamber, uper ring coking and contamination of the crankcase oil....followed shortly by complete engine death. Do it the right way and yes, it is a proven alternative fuel for any diesel motor. Do it wrong and it is a proven way to kill your motor. Visit this website for the best ford PSD vegi oil conversion you will find. This is the one i have. Another good place to find ALOT of information is here.

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Last edited by CHenry : 07-29-2006 at 09:06 PM.

[Log Dog]

Thanks for the link CHenry. Are there any negative effects on the engine, injectors, o-rings, ect..?

[CHenry]

Sorry to be so late on this Log. No, no negative efects on anything IF it's done right.