Tuesday, December 22, 2009

How do I convert my diesel truck to burn vegetable oil?

There are probably a lot of people thinking about this right now and maybe soon no source of grease because all the burger joints have sold theirs. Maybe there are some groups studying this.How do I convert my diesel truck to burn vegetable oil?
It's not a question of converting your diesel engine to burn vegetable oil, but of coverting the vegetable oil so that it can be used in in your engine.





Many vegetable oils have similar fuel properties to diesel fuel, except for higher viscosity and lower oxidative stability. If these differences can be overcome, vegetable oil may substitute for #2 Diesel fuel, most significantly as engine fuel or home heating oil.





For engines designed to burn #2 diesel fuel, the viscosity of vegetable oil must be lowered to allow for proper atomization of fuel, otherwise incomplete combustion and carbon build up will ultimately damage the engine. Many enthusiasts refer to vegetable oil used as fuel as waste vegetable oil (WVO) if it is oil that was discarded from a restaurant or straight vegetable oil (SVO) or pure plant oil (PPO) to distinguish it from biodiesel.





See Wikipedia and other sources to see what is involved.How do I convert my diesel truck to burn vegetable oil?
You can get some equipment and refine the oil and any diesel engine will run on it if it's seals are compatible.

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