using cooking oil - Dodge Diesel

jrostocki · 08-23-2005, 09:58 AM

Anyone running cooking oil in thier truck- Did some reasearch on converting cooking oil to be used in a diesel truck- involves heating methanol with oil in a water heater tank, another site has an additive that you add to the cooking oil - both say you can produce "fuel" for .46 cents a gallon. Anyone running this stuff? Will it hurt my truck? what about performance stuff using this "fuel"?

nickleinonen · 08-23-2005, 11:55 AM

it's called biodiesel... if it is made right, it is good fuel, if it is made wrong, you get a gooey mess...

you basically use waste cooking oil, methanol and lye... the lye strips the glycerine out of the waste oil and a mentanol molicule replaces the glycerine. the glycerine will settle out to the bottom. then the fuel is washed and let to dry.

if i had the space, i would brew my own bio fuel, but i don't have the space currently

usmc2311 · 08-23-2005, 01:37 PM

If you had an earlier Dodge you could get a grease kit from a place like www.greasel.com Run straight WVO. Met a retired Marine on Pendleton at the fuel station that had the kit. Start the truck on diesel, wait for the engine to warm up and switch over to the grease. A few minutes prior to shutdown, switch back to #2 to make sure all the grease is out of the fuel lines and shut it down. He was filling up with #2 and said that the last time he'd filled up was two weeks prior north of the Grapevine. Got all his WVO from local resturants for free.

akghound · 08-23-2005, 03:43 PM

I have been running Waste Vegtetable Oil for a year now. This is NOT bio-diesel I'm running but filtered Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO) nearly 22k miles.
If you are interested at least check out the first two posts at;
http://biodiesel.infopop.cc/eve/ubb....51&f=159605551
The best kits available IMHO are at;
www.frybrid.com
I have some schematics on converting a 12 valver available. If you are interesred please drop me a line. No charge. These are a new design, just released. I had an older design but no longer offer it, if you recieved one of these and would like an updated version, drop me a line.
E-adderss in profile. These are PFD files.
Ken Gardner

jrostocki · 08-23-2005, 03:52 PM

thanks for the info

08-23-2005, 01:37 PM	#3
usmc2311 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SoCal Posts: 125 My Photo Gallery My Classified Ads	If you had an earlier Dodge you could get a grease kit from a place like www.greasel.com Run straight WVO. Met a retired Marine on Pendleton at the fuel station that had the kit. Start the truck on diesel, wait for the engine to warm up and switch over to the grease. A few minutes prior to shutdown, switch back to #2 to make sure all the grease is out of the fuel lines and shut it down. He was filling up with #2 and said that the last time he'd filled up was two weeks prior north of the Grapevine. Got all his WVO from local resturants for free. __________________ 2004.5 QC LWB 4X4 HO CTD SLT Stock options: Infinity Sound System w/6 Disc Changer Trailer Tow Mirrors Tow Package Security Group Additions: AFE Pro Guard 7 Filter Kit B&W Turnover Ball Gooseneck Hitch Tekonsha Prodigy Brake Controller Magnaflow Muffler with Dual Outs and 5" Tips Rhino Lining Spray in Liner more coming...

08-23-2005, 03:43 PM	#4
akghound Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montana City, Montana Posts: 140 My Photo Gallery My Classified Ads	WVO I have been running Waste Vegtetable Oil for a year now. This is NOT bio-diesel I'm running but filtered Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO) nearly 22k miles. If you are interested at least check out the first two posts at; http://biodiesel.infopop.cc/eve/ubb....51&f=159605551 The best kits available IMHO are at; www.frybrid.com I have some schematics on converting a 12 valver available. If you are interesred please drop me a line. No charge. These are a new design, just released. I had an older design but no longer offer it, if you recieved one of these and would like an updated version, drop me a line. E-adderss in profile. These are PFD files. Ken Gardner __________________ One Day At A Time 96 2500 4x4 Cummins Converted to WVO 4" Exhaust, #11 plate, Firestone Airbag Suspention Gauges; Boost, EGT, Tranny & Diff Temps. Living off grid-16/1 Listeroid Diesel Generator on WVO akghound{at}gmail.com

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08-23-2005, 11:55 AM	#2
nickleinonen Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: markham, ontario, canada Posts: 1,271 My Photo Gallery My Classified Ads	it's called biodiesel... if it is made right, it is good fuel, if it is made wrong, you get a gooey mess... you basically use waste cooking oil, methanol and lye... the lye strips the glycerine out of the waste oil and a mentanol molicule replaces the glycerine. the glycerine will settle out to the bottom. then the fuel is washed and let to dry. if i had the space, i would brew my own bio fuel, but i don't have the space currently __________________ nick leinonen 2004 ram ¾ quad shortie 5.9 ho hand shaker pictures

08-23-2005, 03:52 PM	#5
jrostocki Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: De Posts: 9 My Photo Gallery My Classified Ads	thanks for the info