does any body else run a a blend of wmo and diesel if so how do you filter it and how well does it burn in the engine thanks! I've been burning my waste oil in my '93 Cummins powered Dodge for about 6 months. The main objective of this experimental work is to reduce the emission without affecting the engine performance with alternate fuel. May invalidate vehicle warrantee. converter fitted). Smoother engine running - no 'knock'. Waste oil is cheaper. de-watering used hydraulic fluid to run in engine Hi, I've been running WVO in my 91 F250 for two years with no problems and now have a source of used hydraulic fluid. I have been offered once my landy is running right by the garage I work at free waste engine oil to run in a 2.5td, i know that I need a heater to heat it veg oil up but would anybody use waste engine oil as a fuel? Photo by John Hardesty You can run a diesel vehicle on vegetable oil. Waste Motor Oil (WMO) and the 6.5 will NOT play nice. ive been thinking of running a blend of used motor oil and diesel in my truck once i get the trans for it! ... [some large ones] or 55 gallon barrels. Can I expect to run those kind of hours burning WMO without ruining the engine? Cummins says up to 5% by volume is OK, more will cause injector coking. The first batch I got is milky in color indicating water in the oil. In this paper, the experimental analysis engine was run by B20EEGAO (20% ethyl ester of ground nut acid oil) with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) in the proportions of 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 ppm. One of the very innovative car technologies is the conversion of a diesel engine to a vegetable oil engine such that the car would be able to run on waste Vegetable oil (WVO) instead of diesel. Pro: If you locate or have a FREE supply of WVO from your local Cafe or Restaurant etc., you may be interested that many people are now filtering and using WVO to run there Diesel Gen-Set &/or vehicle engines. If you want to get light yellow diesel can equip the further purification system. Exhaust smells of chips (unless cat. The Pros & Cons of using Waste Vegetable oils as a Fuel in a Diesel engine. The waste oil refinery plant can distill the waste engine oil, used motor oil, pyrolysis oil into diesel fuel which can used for the diesel generator and heavy machinery. In addition to making engine modifications, you must filter waste vegetable oil prior to burning it in your vehicle. I'm running it as free injector pump lube, so I run a gallon per 30 gallon tank of fuel. The oil would be filtered and heated, and the engine would be started and shut down on regular diesel fuel.
The engine will start on diesel, and once warmed up, lines from the engine’s cooling system provide heat to warm the WVO. ... using straight or waste vegetable oil. The 6.5 hardly tolerates Biodiesel mixtures above a certain percentage. Less reliance on petro-chemicals.
This goes only for engines not equipped with a catalytic converter.
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Converting Diesel Engines to Run on Vegetable Oil. Install a second tank for the veggie oil. Cons: May cause engine coking if misused. 1. 2-Cycle oil is used (in moderation at a very small mixture ratio) for IP lubricity purposes - not "Lets get rid of this used oil and save on diesel" purposes. Better lubrication.
It would run possibly 12 hours a day, 7 days a week on pure waste motor oil. With my WVO set up, I have a tank that heats the oil for several days to de-water it.